17 Feb 2024
Better Sleep Than Doing Things
A boy enjoys his day off by watching his favorite movie. But one event, causes him to realized that there would be no day off for him.
Triple Eight Palace
Official Selection at Cannes' Cinéfondation (2007)
NYC. A young Chinese girl owes a staggering smuggling debt to the Snakeheads. Her feelings of self-worth collide with her new life options: the sweatshop, fourteen hour days, sleeping eighteen to a room. Or Gang life. Bodywork. And Full Service, at two hundred and up.
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Steven Chan Fishball
Carl Li Wing
Yi Qian Lead
Rob Yang Rob
Ting Zhang Coco
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