When college coed Saruul takes a temporary job as a clerk in an adult store, her poker-faced indifference makes her the perfect foil for the clientele, who range from slightly sheepish and cautiously curious to downright perverse. But it is Katya, the shop’s flamboyant, eccentric female owner who initiates Saruul’s journey into adulthood – taking her under her wing, teaching her the art of living, and gently guiding her on the path to self-discovery.

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Video Quality

The Sales Girl arrives on Blu-Ray courtesy of Film Movement with a stellar 1080p presentation that perfectly represents this film. This is a vibrant film with numerous shots that explore the pertinent production design of the shop or the beauty of nature, and the camera translates things without a hitch. There is a fetching amount of detail in close-up shots, along with wide shots of the gorgeous vistas. Colors are ideally saturated and especially lush within the foliage. Skin tones look natural, and there are some striking facial details present. Black levels hold firm with no crush detected, and highlights avoid blooming. Compression artifacts and other digital anomalies are not an issue. The film gets the video presentation it deserves.

Audio Quality

The Blu-Ray comes with an LPCM 2.0 track in the original Mongolian that sounds pretty excellent. The movie is primarily dialogue-driven with plenty of space given to take in the sounds of the city backdrop. The track blossoms with subtle sounds of nature flourishing out of the speakers. Environmental sounds come through well even without a full surround sound experience. Dialogue is crisp and clear without being clipped by the music or sound effects. This is not a film that attempts to dig deep on the low end, but there is some subtle texture at points when some engines come into play. Overall, this track does a respectable job of bringing this one to life.

*There is one issue that should be mentioned. As reported by some users online and experienced by this reviewer personally, the English subtitles begin to functionally not work around 75 minutes into the film as the translations vanish almost instantaneously to the point a normal person can not read them. This appears to only happen on Panasonic players, but if you do not have any other brand of player accessible, you may want to take note of this since a replacement program is reportedly not in the works. When I switched the disc over to my Sony player, I was able to watch the film without an issue.

Special Features

The Sales Girl Making Of: A nearly 13-minute piece that takes a look at the production of the film featuring interviews with the creative team that are insightful.

Trailer (1:21)

Final Thoughts

The Sales Girl is an unexpectedly gentle coming-of-age story that finds great beauty and personal growth within a sex shop. Despite the unconventional setting, there is nothing overly lascivious about the experience. The performances are quite a marvel and the thematic content lands exactly as intended. This is a film that deserves a much larger audience. Film Movement has provided a Blu-Ray with a wonderful A/V presentation along with a brief supplement. If this sounds even slightly interesting to you, give it a shot. Highly Recommended

The Sales Girl is currently available to purchase on Standard Edition Blu-Ray or with a Limited Edition Slipcover exclusively through Vinegar Syndrome.

Note: Images presented in this review are not reflective of the image quality of the Blu-Ray.

Disclaimer: Film Movement and OCN Distribution have supplied a copy of this disc free of charge for review purposes. All opinions in this review are the honest reactions of the author.