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{{Short description|2008 film by Herman Yau}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = True Women For Sale<br>性工作者2: 我不賣身．我賣子宮
| name = True Women For Sale
| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|t=性工作者2: 我不賣身．我賣子宮}}
| image = True Women For Sale poster.jpg
| image = True Women For Sale poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Official poster of True Women For Sale
| caption = Official poster of True Women For Sale
| director = [[Herman Yau]]
| director = [[Herman Yau]]
| producer = Ng Kin Hung
| producer = Ng Kin Hung
| writer = [[Yeeshan Yang]]<br>[[Herman Yau]]
| writer = [[Yeeshan Yang]]<br />[[Herman Yau]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Prudence Liew]]<br/>[[Anthony Wong Chau Sang]]<br/>[[Race Wong]]<br/>[[Sammy Leung]]
| starring = [[Prudence Liew]]<br/>[[Anthony Wong Chau Sang]]<br/>[[Race Wong]]<br/>[[Sammy Leung]]
| music = [[Brother Hung]]
| music = [[Mak Chun Hung]]
| cinematography = [[Joe Chan (cinematographer)|Joe Chan]]
| cinematography = [[Joe Chan (cinematographer)|Joe Chan]]
| editing = [[Azreal Chung]]
| editing = [[Azreal Chung]]
| studio = [[China Star Entertainment Group]]
| studio = [[China Star Entertainment Group]]
| distributor = [[Mei Ah Entertainment]]
| distributor = [[Mei Ah Entertainment]]
| released = {{Film date|2008|12|4}}
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|12|4}}
| runtime =
| runtime =
| country = Hong Kong
| country = Hong Kong
| language = [[Cantonese (language)|Cantonese]]
| language = Cantonese
| budget =
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''True Women For Sale''''' (性工作者2: 我不賣身．我賣子宮) is a 2008 [[drama film]] directed by [[Herman Yau]] and starring [[Prudence Liew]] and [[Anthony Wong Chau Sang]].
'''''True Women For Sale''''' (性工作者2: 我不賣身．我賣子宮) is a 2008 drama film directed by [[Herman Yau]] and starring [[Prudence Liew]] and [[Anthony Wong Chau Sang]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
The story revolves around two women in the [[grassroots]] of Hong Kong society, struggling to survive and haunted by demons in their respective pasts. The literal translation of the Chinese film title is "I do not sell my body, I sell my uterus". In fact it deals with one woman who indeed sells her body but strives to improve herself and one woman who views herself to be of higher status than the street walkers, but in reality is also selling herself by marrying someone and becoming pregnant just to become a Hong Kong citizen. The two women live in the same apartment building and share some interactions on screen; however, their stories do not necessarily intermix. The movie takes place in the [[Sham Shui Po]] area of [[Kowloon]], [[Hong Kong]] circa 2000.
The story revolves around two women in the [[grassroots]] of Hong Kong society, struggling to survive and haunted by demons in their respective pasts. The literal translation of the Chinese film title is "I do not sell my body, I sell my uterus". In fact, it deals with one woman who does sells her body but strives to improve herself, and one woman who views herself to be of higher status than the street walkers, but in reality is also selling herself by marrying someone and becoming pregnant just to become a Hong Kong citizen. The two women live in the same apartment building and share some interactions on screen; however, their stories do not necessarily intermix. The film takes place in the [[Sham Shui Po]] area of [[Kowloon]], Hong Kong circa 2000.


Lai Chung-Chung ([[Prudence Liew]]) is a [[cocaine]]-addicted yet good-natured [[street walker]] who is fast approaching a "destiny call" made by a fortune teller advising her that in the year 2000, she would finally pay off all her debts from her previous life and will turn over a new leaf. To prepare herself for the life-changing event, she works hard to save up for a dentistry process to clean her badly decaying teeth and gums from years of cocaine use. After witnessing Lai heroically save a child from being hit by a van, freelance photographer Chi ([[Sammy Leung]]) thought that Lai would make a good human interest story for a magazine and starts to photograph Lai while having his girlfriend, journalist Elaine ([[Toby Leung]]) interview her. During Elaine's interview with Lai, it is revealed that Lai has had a troubled past with her mother and younger sister.
Lai Chung-Chung ([[Prudence Liew]]) is a [[crack cocaine]]-addicted yet good-natured [[street walker]] who is fast approaching a "destiny call" made by a fortune teller advising her that in the year 2000, she would finally repent all her sins from her previous life and will turn over a new leaf. To prepare herself for the life-changing event, she works hard to save up for a dentistry process to clean her badly decaying teeth and gums from years of crack cocaine use. After witnessing Lai heroically save a child from being hit by a van, freelance photographer Chi ([[Sammy Leung]]) thought that Lai would make a good human interest story for a magazine and starts to photograph Lai while having his girlfriend, journalist Elaine ([[Toby Leung]]) interview her. During Elaine's interview with Lai, it is revealed that Lai has had a troubled past with her mother and younger sister.


The other subject is Wong Lin-Fa ([[Race Wong]]), a woman from [[Mainland China]] who married Kin: a middle-aged, construction-working Hong Konger, in hopes of attaining a better life by gaining [[Right of abode in Hong Kong|Hong Kong residency]]. Upon hearing Kin died in a work accident, Wong travels to Hong Kong, pregnant with Kin's child in hopes of collecting an abundance of [[condolences|condolence money]] from Kin's family. However, she only receives [[HKD|$]]5000 and is kicked out by the family, who labels Wong as a [[wikt:gold digger|golddigger]]. She then moves into Kin's apartment in a building that is full of prostitutes, including Lai. Insurance broker Lau Fu-Yi ([[Anthony Wong Chau-Sang]]) notifies Wong that Kin had bought life insurance with her as the sole beneficiary. Lau later begins an unlikely friendship with Wong, helping her with her quest to give birth and gain residency in Hong Kong, all the while trying to sell her insurance. Lau has a way of classifying people in his head by calculating their potential insurance coverage. He does this for Lai and Chi and quickly dismisses them as having a potential of $0 while evaluating Wong at $2 million US.<ref>[http://www.hermanyau.com/eTrueWomenForSale.htm Herman Yau official website] Retrieved on February 11, 2010</ref>
The other subject is Wong Lin-Fa ([[Race Wong]]), a woman from [[Mainland China]] who married Kin: a middle-aged, construction-working Hong Konger, in hopes of attaining a better life by gaining [[Right of abode in Hong Kong|Hong Kong residency]]. Upon hearing Kin died in a work accident, Wong travels to Hong Kong, pregnant with Kin's child in hopes of collecting an abundance of [[condolences|condolence money]] from Kin's family. However, she only receives HK$5000 and is kicked out by the family, who labels Wong as a [[wikt:gold digger|golddigger]]. She then moves into Kin's apartment in a building that many prostitutes inhabit, including Lai. Insurance broker Lau Fu-Yi ([[Anthony Wong Chau-Sang]]) notifies Wong that Kin had bought life insurance with her as the sole beneficiary. Lau later begins an unlikely friendship with Wong, helping her with her quest to give birth and gain residency in Hong Kong, all the while trying to sell her insurance. Lau has a way of classifying people in his head by calculating their potential insurance coverage. He does this for Lai and Chi and quickly dismisses them as having a potential of $0 while evaluating Wong at US$2 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hermanyau.com/eTrueWomenForSale.htm|website=Herman Yau official website|access-date=11 February 2010|title=True Women for Sale|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002012957/http://www.hermanyau.com/eTrueWomenForSale.htm|archive-date=2 October 2008}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
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*[[Sammy Leung]] as Chi
*[[Sammy Leung]] as Chi
*[[Toby Leung]] as Elaine
*[[Toby Leung]] as Elaine
*Sherming Yiu as Yau Guen, Chung's confidante and fellow street walker
*Sherming Yiu as Yau Guen, Lai's confidante and fellow street walker
*Apple Chow as Pink Pink, Chung's friend and fellow street walker
*Apple Chow as Pink Pink, Lai's friend and fellow street walker
*Jessie Meng as Dr. Lee, a Mainland Chinese doctor Lau is interested in
*Jessie Meng as Dr. Lee, a Mainland Chinese doctor Lau is interested in
*Monie Tung as Sister Kot, a nun who empathizes with the street walkers
*[[Monie Tung]] as Sister Kot, a nun who empathises with the street walkers
*Fung Hak On as Keung, Lai's regular client
*[[Fung Hak-on]] as Keung, Lai's regular client
*Chi-Kin Kwok as Leung, Wong's ex-boyfriend
*[[Derek Kwok]] as Leung, Wong's ex-boyfriend
*Jackie Ma as Lai Chung, Lai's ex-husband
*Jackie Ma as Lai Chung, Lai's ex-husband
*Yuka Yu as Kwai, Keung's wife from Mainland China
*Yuka Yu as Kwai, Keung's wife from Mainland China
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===Cameos===
===Cameos===
*[[Siu Yam-yam|Susan Shaw]] as Chung’s mother
*[[Siu Yam-yam|Susan Shaw]] as Chung's mother
*[[Yumiko Cheng]] as Ob-Gyn Nurse
*[[Yumiko Cheng]] as Ob-Gyn Nurse
*[[Chapman To]] as Police Officer
*[[Chapman To]] as Police Officer
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*[[Terence Siufay]] as Jacky, Lau's co-worker
*[[Terence Siufay]] as Jacky, Lau's co-worker


==Awards & nominations==
==Awards and nominations==
The film was selected as the opening film in the 2008 [[Hong Kong Asian Film Festival]] and was nominated for several awards.
The film was selected as the opening film in the 2008 [[Hong Kong Asian Film Festival]] and was nominated for several awards.


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! Reference
! Reference
|-
|-
| 2008
| rowspan="3" |2008
| [[Golden Horse Awards]]
| [[Golden Horse Awards]]
| Best Actress
| Best Actress
| [[Prudence Liew]]
| [[Prudence Liew]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| <ref>[http://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/gh_tc/gh/gh-e-5.aspx The 45th Goldenhorse Awards Competition full nominees list] Retrieved on February 11, 2010</ref>
|<ref>[http://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/gh_tc/gh/gh-e-5.aspx The 45th Goldenhorse Awards Competition full nominees list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091210180645/http://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/gh_tc/gh/gh-e-5.aspx |date=10 December 2009 }} Retrieved on 11 February 2010</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award]]s
| Best Actress
| Prudence Liew
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>[http://www.filmcritics.org.hk/%E5%AD%B8%E6%9C%83%E5%A4%A7%E7%8D%8E/%E8%A9%95%E9%81%B8%E7%B4%80%E9%8C%84/%E7%AC%AC%E5%8D%81%E4%BA%94%E5%B1%86%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1%E8%A9%95%E8%AB%96%E5%AD%B8%E6%9C%83%E5%A4%A7%E7%8D%8E%E5%BE%97%E7%8D%8E%E7%90%86%E7%94%B1%E6%92%AE%E8%A6%81 15th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards nominees list] Retrieved 29 March 2016</ref>
|-
| Best Actor
| [[Anthony Wong (Hong Kong actor)|Anthony Wong Chau Sang]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |2009
| rowspan="3" |2009
| rowspan="2" |[[28th Hong Kong Film Awards|Hong Kong Film Awards]]
| rowspan="2" |[[28th Hong Kong Film Awards|Hong Kong Film Awards]]
| Best Actress
| Best Actress
| [[Prudence Liew]]
| Prudence Liew
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>[http://www.hkfaa.com/history/home.html The 28th Hong Kong Film Award full nominees list] Retrieved on February 11, 2010</ref>
| rowspan="2" |<ref>[http://www.hkfaa.com/history/home.html The 28th Hong Kong Film Award full nominees list] Retrieved on 11 February 2010</ref>
|-
|-
| Best Supporting Actress
| Best Supporting Actress
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| [[Ming Pao#Ming Pao Weekly Magazine Awards|Ming Pao Weekly Magazine Awards]]
| [[Ming Pao#Ming Pao Weekly Magazine Awards|Ming Pao Weekly Magazine Awards]]
| Most Outstanding Actress
| Most Outstanding Actress
| [[Prudence Liew]]
| Prudence Liew
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>[http://www.mingpaoweekly.com/marketing/showbiz2009/result.htm 2009 Ming Pao Weekly Magazine Awards full winners list] Retrieved on March 12, 2011</ref>
| rowspan="2" |<ref>[http://www.mingpaoweekly.com/marketing/showbiz2009/result.htm 2009 Ming Pao Weekly Magazine Awards full winners list] Retrieved on 12 March 2011</ref>
|}
|}


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* [http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=10625 HK cinemagic entry]
* [http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=10625 HK cinemagic entry]


{{Herman Yau}}
{{Prudence Liew}}
{{Prudence Liew}}


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[[Category:Films about prostitution in Hong Kong]]
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[[Category:Films directed by Herman Yau]]

Latest revision as of 11:02, 23 July 2024

True Women For Sale
Official poster of True Women For Sale
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese性工作者2: 我不賣身．我賣子宮
Transcriptions
Directed byHerman Yau
Written byYeeshan Yang
Herman Yau
Produced byNg Kin Hung
StarringPrudence Liew
Anthony Wong Chau Sang
Race Wong
Sammy Leung
CinematographyJoe Chan
Edited byAzreal Chung
Music byMak Chun Hung
Production
company
Distributed byMei Ah Entertainment
Release date
  • 4 December 2008 (2008-12-04)
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese

True Women For Sale (性工作者2: 我不賣身．我賣子宮) is a 2008 drama film directed by Herman Yau and starring Prudence Liew and Anthony Wong Chau Sang.

Plot

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The story revolves around two women in the grassroots of Hong Kong society, struggling to survive and haunted by demons in their respective pasts. The literal translation of the Chinese film title is "I do not sell my body, I sell my uterus". In fact, it deals with one woman who does sells her body but strives to improve herself, and one woman who views herself to be of higher status than the street walkers, but in reality is also selling herself by marrying someone and becoming pregnant just to become a Hong Kong citizen. The two women live in the same apartment building and share some interactions on screen; however, their stories do not necessarily intermix. The film takes place in the Sham Shui Po area of Kowloon, Hong Kong circa 2000.

Lai Chung-Chung (Prudence Liew) is a crack cocaine-addicted yet good-natured street walker who is fast approaching a "destiny call" made by a fortune teller advising her that in the year 2000, she would finally repent all her sins from her previous life and will turn over a new leaf. To prepare herself for the life-changing event, she works hard to save up for a dentistry process to clean her badly decaying teeth and gums from years of crack cocaine use. After witnessing Lai heroically save a child from being hit by a van, freelance photographer Chi (Sammy Leung) thought that Lai would make a good human interest story for a magazine and starts to photograph Lai while having his girlfriend, journalist Elaine (Toby Leung) interview her. During Elaine's interview with Lai, it is revealed that Lai has had a troubled past with her mother and younger sister.

The other subject is Wong Lin-Fa (Race Wong), a woman from Mainland China who married Kin: a middle-aged, construction-working Hong Konger, in hopes of attaining a better life by gaining Hong Kong residency. Upon hearing Kin died in a work accident, Wong travels to Hong Kong, pregnant with Kin's child in hopes of collecting an abundance of condolence money from Kin's family. However, she only receives HK$5000 and is kicked out by the family, who labels Wong as a golddigger. She then moves into Kin's apartment in a building that many prostitutes inhabit, including Lai. Insurance broker Lau Fu-Yi (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang) notifies Wong that Kin had bought life insurance with her as the sole beneficiary. Lau later begins an unlikely friendship with Wong, helping her with her quest to give birth and gain residency in Hong Kong, all the while trying to sell her insurance. Lau has a way of classifying people in his head by calculating their potential insurance coverage. He does this for Lai and Chi and quickly dismisses them as having a potential of $0 while evaluating Wong at US$2 million.[1]

Cast

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  • Prudence Liew as Lai Chung-Chung
  • Anthony Wong Chau-sang as Lau Fu-Yi
  • Race Wong as Wong Lin-Fa
  • Sammy Leung as Chi
  • Toby Leung as Elaine
  • Sherming Yiu as Yau Guen, Lai's confidante and fellow street walker
  • Apple Chow as Pink Pink, Lai's friend and fellow street walker
  • Jessie Meng as Dr. Lee, a Mainland Chinese doctor Lau is interested in
  • Monie Tung as Sister Kot, a nun who empathises with the street walkers
  • Fung Hak-on as Keung, Lai's regular client
  • Derek Kwok as Leung, Wong's ex-boyfriend
  • Jackie Ma as Lai Chung, Lai's ex-husband
  • Yuka Yu as Kwai, Keung's wife from Mainland China
  • Colour as Ying Ying, Lai Chung's current wife

Cameos

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Awards and nominations

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The film was selected as the opening film in the 2008 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival and was nominated for several awards.

Year Award Category Nominee Result Reference
2008 Golden Horse Awards Best Actress Prudence Liew Won [2]
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Actress Prudence Liew Nominated [3]
Best Actor Anthony Wong Chau Sang Nominated
2009 Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actress Prudence Liew Nominated [4]
Best Supporting Actress Race Wong Nominated
Ming Pao Weekly Magazine Awards Most Outstanding Actress Prudence Liew Won [5]

References

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  1. ^ "True Women for Sale". Herman Yau official website. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  2. ^ The 45th Goldenhorse Awards Competition full nominees list Archived 10 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 11 February 2010
  3. ^ 15th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards nominees list Retrieved 29 March 2016
  4. ^ The 28th Hong Kong Film Award full nominees list Retrieved on 11 February 2010
  5. ^ 2009 Ming Pao Weekly Magazine Awards full winners list Retrieved on 12 March 2011
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