Title: Pleasure Factory AKA: -- Year: 2007 Original title: Kuaile gongchang Runtime: 1 hour, 25 minutes Country: Thailand | Netherlands | Hong Kong Language: Mandarin | Tagalog | English | Cantonese Subtitles: English (hard-subbed) Genre: Drama
Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham
Cast Kuei-Mei Yang ... Linda Ananda Everingham ... Chris Zihan Loo ... Jonathan Katashi Chen ... Kiat Xuer ... The Girl in White Towel Isabella Chen ... Teenage Girl Jeszlene Zhou ... Ming (as Jeszlene Devon Zhou) Ian Francis Low ... Guitar man Vincent Tee ... Old Man Godfrey Yeo ... Old man Theresa Chua ... Mama-san
Plot / Synopsis
Inspired by true stories and real-life characters, PLEASURE FACTORY tells an intimate and seductive tale involving pleasure seekers and pleasure providers in Geylang, Singapore's red light district. In the course of one night, an army boy loses his virginity with the help of his experienced buddy; a teenage girl gets initiated into the pleasure manufacturing process; and a jaded prostitute pays a young busker good money in exchange for a song he never gets to sing. The film was an "official selection" for the Un Certain Regard programme at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. ~ strandreleasing.com
Director Ekachai Uekrongtham takes viewers on a walk through Singapore's notorious red light district with this intimate look at the pleasure seekers who walk the streets and the providers who are willing to fulfill their fantasies if the price is right. Lust is the driving force of commerce in Geylang, and over the course of this long night some will experience rapture while others discover that money can buy much more than pleasures of the flesh. From the army boy whose loses his virginity thanks to the assistance of an experienced friend to the weary prostitute who pays a street musician for his silence and a teenage girl getting her first glimpse of the pleasure manufacturing industry, Uekrongtham offers viewers the chance to experience this thriving industry from a multitude of unique perspectives. ~ Jason Buchanan, Allrovi