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Synopsis: Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, HOLLY is a captivating, touching and emotional experience. Patrick, an American card shark and dealer of stolen artifacts, has been 'comfortably numb' in Cambodia for years, when he encounters Holly, a 12-year-old Vietnamese girl, in the K11 red light village. The girl has been sold by her impoverished family and smuggled across the border to work as a prostitute. Holly's virginity makes her a lucrative prize, and when she is sold to a child trafficker, Patrick embarks on a frantic search through both the beautiful and sordid faces of the country, in an attempt to bring her to safety. Harsh, yet poetic, this feature forms part of the 'K-11' Project, dedicated to raising awareness of the epidemic of child trafficking and the sex slavery trade through several film projects. The film's producers endured substantial hardships in order to be able to shoot in Cambodia and
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Guy Moshe
Production: Priority Films/Slowhand Cinema Releasing
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
R
Year:
2006
114 min
Website
66 Views


Yes.

I come.

- No.

I go bus Phnom Penh.

Mother wait.

Oh, come on here.

Hmm?

Come on.

I go Phnom Penh.

Phnom Penh?

I go Phnom Penh!

Go home.

I want to take her back

with me.

And I have money.

She dead.

What do you mean,

she's dead?

Huh? I-I don't --

I don't understand.

What do you mean,

she's dead?

Dead. Kaput.

Understand?

Boom. No boom boom.

You know?

Wait a minute.

Wait a second.

Next time I see you,

you die.

Yeah. Yeah.

Hmm.

Hi!

Hi, hi!

Excuse me.

I deserve to be slapped

by a couple people,

but I don't think

you're one of them.

And so you know, I'm not one of

your perverts, either.

So, what were you going to do

if you found her in time?

I don't know.

I didn't get that far.

Buy her, I guess.

What did I do now?

Patrick, I don't

want to offend you.

But when you buy a girl,

you're supporting the trade.

You encourage them

to keep on going.

You become a part

of the operation.

So, what was I supposed to do,

just leave her there?

There are over 30,000

child prostitutes in Cambodia.

Uh-huh.

Let's say we're gonna buy

every single one of them.

What do you think

will happen?

I don't know.

Next year,

there will be 60,000,

And their price

will be higher.

Well, I wasn't trying to

help 60,000 girls.

I was trying to help one.

First time I came here,

I was just a volunteer.

I thought it would be cool,

you know?

Different experience.

I met Jonathan,

and I guess...

I was mesmerized by him,

so I decided to stay...

For love.

Anyhow,

after the love was gone...

I realized

I've become too involved,

too connected.

Seeing the people here,

how they're able to smile after

all they've been through...

I don't know many people who can

turn their backs on that.

What about you?

How long have you been here?

Uh...

Well,

I came to Southeast Asia...

a couple years out of school

and started working...

a bunch of different jobs.

Still here.

I see.

You're some kind of

a spec trade or something?

No, no, no, no, no.

I didn't sign up for all that.

I don't understand.

I mean, what do you do?

What do you live for?

I don't know.

What's anyone here live for?

Just trying to survive.

It was very nice

talking to you.

Come visit us sometime.

Hey.

Hey!

Where did you get that?

Yeah, yeah, that.

Where did you get that?

Girl gave me.

Hold on,

hold on, hold on.

This girl?

- Yeah, yeah!

Is this girl.

This girl?

This girl.

Boat Batdambang.

No, this --

this girl is dead.

One month ago.

See Batdambang boat,

one month.

Hey, hey.

Uh, how much?

Yeah, how much?

No, me like.

Yeah, I like it, too.

How much?

Vietnamese?

- Yeah.

Batdambang is not many.

We find her easy.

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