Genre: Drama
Starring: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Mei-Guan Lau, Race Wong, Sammy Leung
Release year: 2009
Language: Cantonese
Subtitle: English
SYNOPSIS:
Taking place in the Sham Shui Po district, details an assortment of lower class characters muddling through situations that are unique to Hong Kong and its people, focusing on the lives of two women who chose to sell themselves: a drug-addicted madam who works the streets and a young pregnant woman from China who marries an older man for the sake of Hong Kong residency.
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" The subject matter of True Women For Sale is ripe for loaded drama and heavy lessons, and as Whispers and Moans showed us, Herman Yau and Yang Yeeshan aren't afraid to get preachy. However, Yau is a tremendous director with this sort of subject matter, managing to find humanity, heart and humor in his local topics, and he does it without resorting to outright manipulation. The talky set-ups and long educational sequences are surprisingly easy to take in, and the actors manage to make their didactic dialogue sound natural. There are some moments where the explication goes on a bit too long and the characters clearly become mouthpieces, but Yau seldom uses the hammer. True Women For Sale is much more genial than the heavier-handed Whispers and Moans. Both films do occasionally resort to clichés and sentimentality, but True Women For Sale is more lighthearted and knowing, and portrays its subject matter seriously but with affection.
The abundance of familiar faces is another credit to the film. Many of the actors clearly took on the project due to the content and the crew, and not because of commercial prospects or the hope of a career boost. Among the actors, Prudence Lau (a longtime singer with few acting credits) is the standout due to her character's affectations, which are so eccentric that she starts to seem needlessly wacky. Lau's performance is a bit showy, but she's able to carry the film through its more maudlin moments, and is bravely undeterred by the unglamorous role. Race Wong doesn't fare as well in the other leading female role, in some part due to inexperience, but also because her character is far more of a mouthpiece than Lau's is. The film's status as a low-budget social drama means that it's a bit rough; the narrative alternates between earnest drama and self-reflexive gags, and the production is rather cheap. Still, Herman Yau is at his strongest when he has a smaller budget and a personal voice. Yau's more commercial films have been effective but unremarkable, and lack the personality, honesty and unpolished spirit that ultimately makes True Women For Sale notable and also endearing. "
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