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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 (Ron Livingston), an American card shark and dealer of stolen artifacts, has
been ‘comfortably numb’ in Cambodia for years, when he encounters Holly (Thuy
Nguyen), 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 have also founded the RedLight Children Campaign, which is
a worldwide grassroots initiative generating conscious concern and inspiring immediate
action against child sexploitation.
Director: Guy Moshe
Cast: Ron Livingston, Virginie Ledoyen, Chris Penn, Udo Kier and introducing Thuy Nguyen
Genre: Drama
Running time: 113 mins
Year: 2006
Country: USA
Language: English, Khmer and Vietnamese, with English subtitles
Ratings: M 18
