True Women For Sale (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region All
Prudence Liew (Actor)
| Anthony Wong (Actor)
| Race Wong (Actor)
| Sammy Leung (Actor)
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Kevin Kennedy
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June 24, 2009
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June 24, 2009
One of Herman Yau's best
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"True Women for Sale" is a tale of two women each of whom can be said to have "sold" their bodies in search of a better life. Prudence Lau plays Chung, a quirky, drug-addicted street walker who seems to have a few screws loose. She is determined to raise enough money to get her rotten teeth fixed. Race Wong plays Wong Lin-Fa, a young woman from the mainland who is pressured by her family into marrying a much older menial construction worker in order to obtain a Hong Kong residency permit. The glue that holds the movie together is provided by the two leading male characters, Lau Fu-Yi (Anthony Wong) a hustling insurance salesman whose good nature gets him entangled in the lives of his customers and Chi (Sammy Leung), a photojournalist who sees in the hooker Chung an interesting news story. Unlike in his previous film "Whispers and Moans", director Herman Yau steers clear of over-earnestness and leavens what might otherwise have been a tawdry tale with generous dollops of humor and, particularly in the characters of Chung and Lau Fu-Yi, real human interest. Prudence Lau manages to create a deeply affecting character out of the broken, wounded, slow-witted Chung; Lau truly gives a brave performance. I also found Race Wong's performance to be brave. Some have criticized her for failing to create a sympathetic character. However, I believe that she gave director Yau exactly what he wanted; her character was never intended to be warm and fuzzy. The film's warm and fuzzies are provided primarily by Anthony Wong, who is brilliantly comic as the calculating insurance agent who can't help caring about his clients. I found "True Women for Sale" to be a big-hearted, almost sentimental, and very entertaining film. I recommend it highly for a mature audience. |
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