Pleasure Factory
Come spend the night in Singapore's red-light district
Genres
Overview
A series of intertwining tales involve "pleasure seekers and pleasure providers" during the course of one night in Geylang, Singapore's red-light district. There are three distinct stories, united only by the presence of characters from all the stories in a streetside eatery:
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
88 min
Release Date
2007-10-18
Status
Released
Original Language
Vote Count
14
Vote Average
4.5
Yang Kuei-mei
Linda
Ananda Everingham
Chris
Loo Zihan
Jonathon
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
Fish Chaar
Back Alley Pimp
5.7
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1983-06-29 | en
5.4
Irresistible
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2006-04-18 | en
4.8
Knots
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2004-04-20 | en
6.6
Never Forever
When an American woman begins a dangerous relationship with an attractive immigrant worker, in order to save her marriage, she finds her true self.
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6.1
Flesh and Bone
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6.0
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5.7
The Long Weekend
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5.4
The Hottest State
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7.3
Simon
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2004-09-30 | nl
0.0
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6.7
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7.2
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6.3
I ♥ Huckabees
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
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6.9
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5.5
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7.0
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6.8
Princesses
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7.1
Notes on a Scandal
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7.8
Gloomy Sunday
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7.2
The Dreamers
When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.
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