Sunday, March 08, 2009

Holly


Anyone who has been to South East Asia can attest to the fact of being besieged on all sides by young kids selling wares of various kinds. Soon you learn not to make eye contact and keep walking. The film is about Patrick (Ron Livingston) who fails to do so and looks into the eyes of young Holly (Thuy Nguyen). Soon he finds himself wandering around in the sick underbelly of child prostitution that is rampant in Cambodia. A scenario where a happy ending is hard to find...

Rating: * * +

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