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A Balasaur Score of 37 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 0%, Metacritic 29/100. Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do. Most of the 7,176 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
In the back streets of a tourist town in present-day Southeast Asia, we find a filthy cinder block room; a bed with soiled sheets; a little girl waits for the next man. Alex, a human trafficking investigator, plays the role of her next customer as he negotiates with the pimp for the use of the child. Claire, Alex's wife, is caught up in the flow of her new life in Southeast Asia and her role as a volunteer in an aftercare shelter for rescued girls where lives of local neighborhood girl's freedoms and dignity are threatened.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
38 audience votes
Key crew
- Christopher BessetteScreenplay
- Christopher BessetteDirector
- Timothy HosmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Dermot MulroneyAlex Becker
- Mira SorvinoClaire Becker
- John BillingsleyMalcolm Eddery
- Trieu TranDuke
- Kieu Chinh(voice)
- Tanapol ChuksridaBrothel man
- Vithaya PansringarmNath
- Keerati SivakuaThanh Le
