Raise the Red Lantern

I discovered last night that I am living in Trieste's red light district. I had seen the red lanterns along the street (it is full of the equivalent of cheap shops in Wanchai, for the Hong Kongers amongst us) but had assumed that this denoted its Chinatown status alone.
Nicoletta - a Triestine resident and fellow MBA-er - enlightened me when she assured me that the dressed up lady on the corner was not, in fact, waiting for a bus.....
When I relayed this information to Mum this morning, she said that she thought that Raise the Red Lantern was only a film. Not in Trieste it would seem!