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Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. When the Himalayan monsoons wash away all that remains of the family's crops, Lakshmi's father says she must leave home and take a job to support her family. He introduces her to a glamorous stranger who tells her she will find her a job as a maid in the city. Glad to be able to help, Lakshmi journeys to India and arrives at "Happiness House" full of hope. But she soon learns the unthinkable truth: she has been sold into prostitution...
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes56%
Metacritic49/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
37 audience votes
Key crew
- Jeffrey D. BrownDirector
- Joseph KwongScreenplay
- Jeffrey D. BrownScreenplay
- John McDowellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gillian AndersonSophia
- David ArquetteSam
- Seema BiswasAmma
- Parambrata ChatterjeeVikram
- Tillotama ShomeBimla
- Priyanka BoseMonica
- Ankur VikalVarun
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Themes
based on novel or booknepalindiasex traffickingchild prostitutionwhale rider