by Matthew Tobey
synopsis
A two-bit criminal gets a shot at redemption while traveling through Southeast Asia in this 2006 drama from director Guy Moshe. Ron Livingston stars Patrick, a low-level con man who scores a gig transporting some stolen goods from Cambodia. When Patrick is sidelined at a brothel, he finds himself drawn to helping the title character, a 12-year-old Vietnamese prostitute played by Thuy Nguyen. Featuring one of the final performances by actor Chris Penn, Holly screened at the 2006 Edinburgh Film Festival.
characteristics
- Unlikely Heroes
- Kids In Trouble
- Prostitutes
- Smuggling
- Smuggler
- Bordello
- Vietnamese [nationality]
- Whorehouse
- Sex-trafficking
- Redemption
- Cambodia
- Child-prostitution
- Brothel
- Button Pushers
- Americans Abroad
