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Completed - ENGLISH, TAIWANESE - Drama - 102 minutes

Log Line

A drama based on an illegal massage parlour in London, and follows the lives of the emplyees and clients as seen through the eyes of a Taiwanese graduate employed as a receptionist.

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2018 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2018 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Jenny LU
Writer(s) : Jenny LU, Yeh YI WEN
Cast : Teresa DALEY, Chen Shiang CHYI, Joshua WHITEHOUSE

Producer(s) : Peterj. KIRBY (Uncanny Films Ltd), Chang CHIN, Chiou ZI-NING, Shuang TENG

Synopsis

Weighed down by financial problems, a Taiwanese girl Tina secretly takes a job as a receptionist at an illegal massage parlour in London. As she slowly gets to know the women who work there, Tina is forced to question her values as she discovers humour and humanity in the most unlikey of places.
But how far will she be drawn into this world, and can she avoid losing herself in the process?

Production

Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM, TAIWAN

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