I'm from Hong Kong and this seems very real. There is a huge contrast to Hong Kongers who live a comfy life and people from China to sneak in to do stuff like this. You can criticize women for doing it, but most are just doing it for survival and don't deserve the stigma.
Rodent - Agreed. Most women wouldn’t choose this if it weren’t for the need to survive any way they can...and this choice wouldn’t even be available if it weren’t for men, so any criticism to women would be misplaced anyway.
@@Beezer.D.B. Isn't there a shortage of women in China because of the 1 baby law? Leaves a lot of very lonely men and a lot of poor women filling a void.
@@teestjulian there is but those rural women want to be in the city for better life but they won't be hire for anywork based on social class. So they are left do these illigal stuff for money. Second its expensive to be in hongkong. More expensive than new york
The sad thing is, girls like her end up like this in all countries not just HK. Little bird in the cage has a really strong message without saying a word.
Word. The sad fact is that the world is already a cruel place for some even without prostitution. Even if we hang every one of those johns and pimps, this business will still continue in the dark.
@@hyj1990 The Johns aren't to blame neither. the harsh difficult world makes it very hard for a man to find and keep love , to escape loneliness to have a wife or girlfriend to satisfy the first instinct of a human . so in desperation they end up going to prostitutes. yes there are exceptions who are sick perverted ppl . who have everything and yet still do this. but mostly are ppl who are far from family because of work . or Don't have enough financial stability for having a girlfriend or a wife. I have lived in Dubai all my life. and if look at the statistics of bachelor male workers or those with their family at their home country. and are able to visit once every year or 2 yrs. are the majority of the customers for prostitution. and because the ratio of men to women are very high 5 : 1. naturally the competition to have a girlfriend or spouse is very high in every sense. including financial , looks and behavior. women have it great there the ugliest and below average girls in Dubai are treated like goddesses.
When she says "got it" it's as if she's accepted her new reality. After successfully lying to her mother, her entire tone changed from emotional and crying to cold and businesslike.
@@VaalMaakri In China, the problem is if you fall out of the ratrace (school -> job -> marriage), especially for girls it becomes hard to make a living or earn good money. So yea you can say 'its her choice', but maybe the alternatives are worse.
@@VaalMaakri its only her choice when she wants to kill her baby in the womb but if she decides to sell her body then ppl are outraged at the johns but never the doctors who terminate baby's a a means for birth control
As an immigrant from China, I recognize the accent she uses at 15:50 as an accent from my home state. It's sad to hear such a pure person resort to this.
The lighting and cinematography was executed perfectly. I love how the director incorporated some follow shots, makes you feel like you're part of the action.
Yeah, she doing what ever it take to make her mom feel better again (sick). Regrettably, she has to work this way. This world is hard. Pls Guys study hard so that later you can open up jobs for those who are in need
Sorry you can take the girl out of the bar but she will always be a bargirl in the heart it just takes the first couple of men not keeping their promise. I learned the hard way. You can't save these girls their ain't enough money in the world to satisfie the famely.
This was a really very well made short film. You can really connect with the character. You can feel the anxiety and fear she was going through, and this ultimately defined itself more strongly than any other scene in the hotel corridor shot: all the way walking to the room to when door closed and the camera did a close up to the door, followed by a tilted camera shot suggesting the nausea caused by that heavy situation. In the end, she wants to help her family, and she accepts what she's going through now, she is willing to sacrifice herself, so there can be a better tomorrow. PS: I don't know why I was waiting for an anger outburst followed by some insane Kung Fu ... lol
Depending on where you live, everyone might be in with the 'mafia' to some extent. In South Korea, I'd heard that organized crime is much safer than disorganized crime plenty of times.
The sad thing is, most of those girls have brothers at home, girls grow up and been told girl doesn't need much education, they needed to earn money for the whole family including support their brothers to go to uni. Their parents know what their daughters are doing; they just pretend that they don't know a damn thing. When the girl is back home, the next step is to get married, so their parents can ask for money/betrothal gifts from in-laws.
Henry Hu murder rate in Hong Kong is 0.2. Meanwhile murder rate in United States is 5.6. For every 1 murder in Hong Kong there are 28 MORE MURDERS IN THE US. So that ain’t cap
today i made a calender for ninty days and its the time left for me to study as much ass possible and to earn a job through campus selection or pass the phd entrance exam.during lunch break i decided to see this short film and realized the huge difference between the 90 days of me and many girls like her.
Painful to watch due to the pathos, but well-made with outstanding acting. At the end, I even felt sympathy for the pimp, who found some measure of humanity.
Agreed...but most pimps are just another employee in the system. Most do maintain a human side, especially when u can connect with them on a personal level.
Having worked in China I would go with the Bosses to dinner together than Karokee as they call it. A string of young Chinese woman would come bow and I was obligated to pick one and the end of the festivities she was obligated to go to my hotel with me $400rmb. I would take her order room service (always cheeseburger)let her watch TV and relax give her a tip and send back to GOD only knows.
My father used to work in China and from the tales ive heard him tell I’m not too surprised. There’s also the typical ‘drink till you drop’ sort of rhetoric in business dinners where people will only agree to your proposal if you prove it to them ie. keep drinking until you fall over comatose. A very healthy lifestyle...
I worked as one of those women. I began to enjoy it. The pounding the action. I wouldn’t even accept money at times if the guy was nice like you. I won’t be able to do this forever so I enjoy it whilst I can
This is the sad and painful truth that is veiled by our desires. Outstanding authentic portrayal of the after hours side of Mong Kok, Sham Shui Po and other districts in Hong Kong during the 90's and early 00's.
Not just Asia. This happens across the entire planet. Why is there no real help for the human trafficking? Because someone at the top gets money from the scheme.
She fell (fallen angel) down to the root chakra represented by the color red. She saw the higher realm when she looked across the street and saw the stars with the mother and child. She is working her way up back there after finishing out her 3 months to be back with her mother or her higher self.
I was in Hong Kong feb 2019 for a free tour in disneyland and ocean park and free day on the 3rd day by my company Frontrow International. I never knew prostitution is so mainstream in hong kong.
Actually from what i learned the easiest way to gain a girls trust is by pretending to save her or be her father or saviour. Most pimps do this. The girls do have daddy issues in this case.
She might not sent her for this purpose but she for sure know that a little village girl won't earn that much money with some waitress job. So she can think of where it comes from, but better don't talk about.
She did, on a spiritual level her higher self represented by her mother, decided to "fall"(fallen angel) to work herself back up to go back to her higher self/ mother after 3 months.
There are somethings that Will never change, its terrifying, women arent just an object, when did this began, why? its a kind of slavery from the begining of times, are most of men enemies of women? Anyway...😢😢
I was thinking about..how many people In these world..go other country to earn money..so if we see anyone asking g help let's do it n give some money give shelter or job..instead of flirting with them.or try to do something..weird/ unwanted things..let's respect girl everywhere...I was thinking how many girls will be wondering n suffer these situations..but their condition is not in good matter..poor family dead..so goverment should think about these..n take care of the people who r migrate or searching for a job...Otsego give me a courage to help..in a better way..it's good that i was watching these movie to help others in a better way..but some girls want it big money but not understand or how hard it will be..so it depends on girls now.. if they eagerly want n cannot be stop her..then let it be...it will be a famous movie or think...
Small note - the blood on the pimp's face disappears about 9:24 and then reappears next scene. Other than that, it was beautifully shot. So melancholy.
seriously why would come to HK when you know nothing about this city. There are always dark under bellies in every city like New York and London. As they say ... if you dont get a good education ... the society will educate you the hard way!
Great short. But her mandarin accent tells me she (in real life) went to a top notch university in China, so maybe next time work on the accent a bit more.
Amazing how you can see this from that accent. In my country you would never ever knew if some attended an unversity or is a farmer from a village by accent, you just might see a difference in expression and the use of some words.
I mean...its what happens in 95% of the world countries...poor people become thieves, prostitutes, industrial workers...only in Europe and the US the state pays you enough to survive even without a job.
I'm from Hong Kong and this seems very real. There is a huge contrast to Hong Kongers who live a comfy life and people from China to sneak in to do stuff like this. You can criticize women for doing it, but most are just doing it for survival and don't deserve the stigma.
Same problem in Thailand and most of SouthEast Asia
Rodent - Agreed. Most women wouldn’t choose this if it weren’t for the need to survive any way they can...and this choice wouldn’t even be available if it weren’t for men, so any criticism to women would be misplaced anyway.
@@Beezer.D.B. Isn't there a shortage of women in China because of the 1 baby law?
Leaves a lot of very lonely men and a lot of poor women filling a void.
it is what it is survival
her mum had spent her life savings to get her to hong kong
@@teestjulian there is but those rural women want to be in the city for better life but they won't be hire for anywork based on social class. So they are left do these illigal stuff for money. Second its expensive to be in hongkong. More expensive than new york
The sad thing is, girls like her end up like this in all countries not just HK. Little bird in the cage has a really strong message without saying a word.
Word. The sad fact is that the world is already a cruel place for some even without prostitution. Even if we hang every one of those johns and pimps, this business will still continue in the dark.
good eye . that scene was the whole film in a mere second.
@@hyj1990 The Johns aren't to blame neither. the harsh difficult world makes it very hard for a man to find and keep love , to escape loneliness to have a wife or girlfriend to satisfy the first instinct of a human . so in desperation they end up going to prostitutes. yes there are exceptions who are sick perverted ppl . who have everything and yet still do this. but mostly are ppl who are far from family because of work . or Don't have enough financial stability for having a girlfriend or a wife. I have lived in Dubai all my life. and if look at the statistics of bachelor male workers or those with their family at their home country. and are able to visit once every year or 2 yrs. are the majority of the customers for prostitution. and because the ratio of men to women are very high 5 : 1. naturally the competition to have a girlfriend or spouse is very high in every sense. including financial , looks and behavior. women have it great there the ugliest and below average girls in Dubai are treated like goddesses.
Having lived in both China and Hong Kong, this film is dead on.
Good observation. I have lived in neither, so I was wondering.
same diff
I lived there too, I was thinking the same
As living in america and North Dakota I can relate
As living on a desert island, I can relate too
I cried when she lied to her mom on the phone call ouch it hurts 😢💔
Yea🥺
@@rudrakshupadhyay6043💔
When she says "got it" it's as if she's accepted her new reality. After successfully lying to her mother, her entire tone changed from emotional and crying to cold and businesslike.
She said "got it" in Cantonese. Self learnt.
@@Tan92lfc Nice catch
The room, the atmosphere is so dreadful. As a woman, it feels like watching a horror movie.
not only for women... I felt like it was a horror movie... ;(
Sue Lay I’m a male and and this felt like a horror movie for me so your gender doses not matter
This was one of the saddest films I've ever watched, the reality being it actually goes on like this for young girls, everyday throughout the world.
WTF.
It's her choice.
@@VaalMaakri In China, the problem is if you fall out of the ratrace (school -> job -> marriage), especially for girls it becomes hard to make a living or earn good money. So yea you can say 'its her choice', but maybe the alternatives are worse.
@@VaalMaakri letting a sick parent die isn't a choice
@@VaalMaakri its only her choice when she wants to kill her baby in the womb but if she decides to sell her body then ppl are outraged at the johns but never the doctors who terminate baby's a a means for birth control
As an immigrant from China, I recognize the accent she uses at 15:50 as an accent from my home state. It's sad to hear such a pure person resort to this.
Vladimir Putin Henan
She speaks in two tones. The first I recognize, then she starts speaking in the normal accent for some reason.
Vladimir Putin I agree
She's a pure person because she's from your home state... That makes no sense whatsoever.
The lighting and cinematography was executed perfectly. I love how the director incorporated some follow shots, makes you feel like you're part of the action.
Yes excellent
Yeah, she doing what ever it take to make her mom feel better again (sick). Regrettably, she has to work this way. This world is hard. Pls Guys study hard so that later you can open up jobs for those who are in need
Jim pangerapan yes I agree!!!
best advise for the young
Sorry you can take the girl out of the bar but she will always be a bargirl in the heart it just takes the first couple of men not keeping their promise.
I learned the hard way. You can't save these girls their ain't enough money in the world to satisfie the famely.
Erik Nielsen your “quote” sound like incel bs, disgusting way to look at humans.
@@eriknielsen1849 at least we try my friends
This was a really very well made short film.
You can really connect with the character.
You can feel the anxiety and fear she was going through, and this ultimately defined itself more strongly than any other scene in the hotel corridor shot: all the way walking to the room to when door closed and the camera did a close up to the door, followed by a tilted camera shot suggesting the nausea caused by that heavy situation.
In the end, she wants to help her family, and she accepts what she's going through now, she is willing to sacrifice herself, so there can be a better tomorrow.
PS: I don't know why I was waiting for an anger outburst followed by some insane Kung Fu ... lol
bcoz u r a kid from mind
@@chingpong5048 Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting!
@@chingpong5048 great answer bro keep trying
@@parajack160 i never stop.
Once your in a mess like this, you never get out of it..Its like being married to Mafia.
Trisha Zechel naah, you can get out of any mess, you just have to pay the price for it.
Mafia city
Lvl 69 Crook
Maybe the best way is to NOT get into a mess. Specially when you are already in a mess.
Depending on where you live, everyone might be in with the 'mafia' to some extent. In South Korea, I'd heard that organized crime is much safer than disorganized crime plenty of times.
17:18. The guy asks her in Cantonese and she responds in Cantonese. That is the most gut-wrenching moment.
This film is so great I really hate it.
Well made, it feels real!
The sad thing is, most of those girls have brothers at home, girls grow up and been told girl doesn't need much education, they needed to earn money for the whole family including support their brothers to go to uni. Their parents know what their daughters are doing; they just pretend that they don't know a damn thing. When the girl is back home, the next step is to get married, so their parents can ask for money/betrothal gifts from in-laws.
Yup. I lived in Thailand for a bit.
Finally something worth watching from Omeleto, very real in Hong Kong which most people don't know about, loved every single minute of it
Jeff Yu Hong Kong is one of the safest countries in the world
Sebastian1010 Cap
Henry Hu murder rate in Hong Kong is 0.2. Meanwhile murder rate in United States is 5.6. For every 1 murder in Hong Kong there are 28 MORE MURDERS IN THE US. So that ain’t cap
@@4o8.sebastian *cough* *cough* Coronavirus is there *cough* i mean what?
Clipse - RUclips coronavirus isn’t deadly in a country like America only in the poor areas of China
This made me cry a little bit.
today i made a calender for ninty days and its the time left for me to study as much ass possible and to earn a job through campus selection or pass the phd entrance exam.during lunch break i decided to see this short film and realized the huge difference between the 90 days of me and many girls like her.
Painful to watch due to the pathos, but well-made with outstanding acting. At the end, I even felt sympathy for the pimp, who found some measure of humanity.
David Kutzler Weak show . No weakness in reality
@@zcorpalpha2462 Not all pimps are the same ;)
Nick Rameau True
Agreed...but most pimps are just another employee in the system. Most do maintain a human side, especially when u can connect with them on a personal level.
what pathos?
Heartbreaking. The direction, acting, writing, cinematography was brilliant.
According to the credits, the lead actress co-wrote the screenplay with the director
I thought when she helped him he will be kinder to her that she'll give her a nicer job. :( Reality sucks.
Having worked in China I would go with the Bosses to dinner together than Karokee as they call it. A string of young Chinese woman would come bow and I was obligated to pick one and the end of the festivities she was obligated to go to my hotel with me $400rmb. I would take her order room service (always cheeseburger)let her watch TV and relax give her a tip and send back to GOD only knows.
What kind of job do you do back there though cause none of my expat friends while in China ever went through sth like that
My father used to work in China and from the tales ive heard him tell I’m not too surprised. There’s also the typical ‘drink till you drop’ sort of rhetoric in business dinners where people will only agree to your proposal if you prove it to them ie. keep drinking until you fall over comatose. A very healthy lifestyle...
Work hard play hard Gumbay
@@MoonlightWalnut we not forget the girls for company Gumbay Work hard play hard
I worked as one of those women. I began to enjoy it. The pounding the action. I wouldn’t even accept money at times if the guy was nice like you. I won’t be able to do this forever so I enjoy it whilst I can
This hurts my heart so bad. Very well made film
This is the sad and painful truth that is veiled by our desires.
Outstanding authentic portrayal of the after hours side of Mong Kok, Sham Shui Po and other districts in Hong Kong during the 90's and early 00's.
Bro this is how it looks today too..
This made me cry so much. 😭😭😭
Okbuddywow
Not just Asia. This happens across the entire planet. Why is there no real help for the human trafficking? Because someone at the top gets money from the scheme.
She fell (fallen angel) down to the root chakra represented by the color red. She saw the higher realm when she looked across the street and saw the stars with the mother and child. She is working her way up back there after finishing out her 3 months to be back with her mother or her higher self.
Interesting
I was in Hong Kong feb 2019 for a free tour in disneyland and ocean park and free day on the 3rd day by my company Frontrow International. I never knew prostitution is so mainstream in hong kong.
Mainstream in most of Asia. Even Japan and South Korea.
I would make a guess that prostitution is mainstream globally.
This made me cry harder than Titanic does
These short films are very interesting because they all have different stories
Actually from what i learned the easiest way to gain a girls trust is by pretending to save her or be her father or saviour. Most pimps do this. The girls do have daddy issues in this case.
I think this was the best omeleto so far
I’m so glad I found your channel this morning
Why do i have a feeling that her mom sent her there for this purpose? Or is it just me?
Naah, just for work.
She might not sent her for this purpose but she for sure know that a little village girl won't earn that much money with some waitress job. So she can think of where it comes from, but better don't talk about.
I too had that same thought until the fact that she had to lie to her mother about what she was doing but I figure her mother isn't ignorant either.
She did, on a spiritual level her higher self represented by her mother, decided to "fall"(fallen angel) to work herself back up to go back to her higher self/ mother after 3 months.
Pandemic or not Hong Kong dramas or movies are the best - still unbeatable by Koreans!
Bird in a cage of circumstance.
This video was so good it made me want to sell my car for gas money!!!
Lol
Sad but so true how these women/girls have to be treated
The horrors of being a woman in some instances.
Do any of these short stories on Omeleto have a not so sad ending?
Sadly this story is played out all over the world.
There are somethings that Will never change, its terrifying, women arent just an object, when did this began, why? its a kind of slavery from the begining of times, are most of men enemies of women? Anyway...😢😢
The bible puts it in people's heads.idk about from before than
I'd never do that and my life is a big mess right now.
I was thinking about..how many people In these world..go other country to earn money..so if we see anyone asking g help let's do it n give some money give shelter or job..instead of flirting with them.or try to do something..weird/ unwanted things..let's respect girl everywhere...I was thinking how many girls will be wondering n suffer these situations..but their condition is not in good matter..poor family dead..so goverment should think about these..n take care of the people who r migrate or searching for a job...Otsego give me a courage to help..in a better way..it's good that i was watching these movie to help others in a better way..but some girls want it big money but not understand or how hard it will be..so it depends on girls now.. if they eagerly want n cannot be stop her..then let it be...it will be a famous movie or think...
all I can say is hong Kong is the worst place on earth ...if you don't believe, come stay for a year, not just a week!! I am a hong Kong local .
anyone knows the name of the actress?
Lin Ching San
It’s also happening in Philippines, lot of Chinese arrested here ,
Small note - the blood on the pimp's face disappears about 9:24 and then reappears next scene.
Other than that, it was beautifully shot. So melancholy.
probably the lighting and the angle
Well, he kept wiping it away, but it kept bleeding. He may need to go get some stiches.
seriously why would come to HK when you know nothing about this city. There are always dark under bellies in every city like New York and London. As they say ... if you dont get a good education ... the society will educate you the hard way!
Interesting that it was room 147 in both hotels.
Seems very real. I'm going to try to be a better person today after this.
Achingly sad, but the story told with excellent writing, directing and acting.
Wye will they ever do that 😡does people that are treating girls or boys like i hope they will have bad luck forever 😡😡😡!!!!
Having been to HK a few times (mainly HK island), this is a completely different side I'm not aware of
Very raw. Very real.
Everything I have first watched in Omeleto is sad😑😑😑😑😑😑😭
Realest film 🎥 Omeleto got some of the best film story in the game this one is deep couldn’t imagine how those woman go through
This is sad but so true for many girls/weman around the world. They need a lot of cash to help a loved one and this is the only way.
What’s the song at the beginning?
Is this one country, two systems idea is still valid?
you mean china and hong kong govts? Nah not really, china is trying to regain hong kong and the hong kongers have been rioting for 6 months
Yes Cantonese Would Speak Chinese.
Cantonese is also Chinese, think you meant Mandarin
Pretty exceptional look at reality.
You tend to forget what's wrong or right.
Great short. But her mandarin accent tells me she (in real life) went to a top notch university in China, so maybe next time work on the accent a bit more.
Amazing how you can see this from that accent. In my country you would never ever knew if some attended an unversity or is a farmer from a village by accent, you just might see a difference in expression and the use of some words.
Or maybe she is from a different region of China with a different accent
What are you on about, different provinces have diff accents. It's nothing to do with whether they've been to uni or not.
Well made, the Truth is sad
Reality 🔥
wow strong message sent and received boooom
This is deep...
Kinda resonating with "crime and punishment"
alice 😫🖤
Yup, accurate.
R.I.P Hong Kong
I normally hate the language mandarin but I don't hate it when listening to her speaking it. this girl is stunning!!!
Cantonese is more intolerable than Mandarin tbh.
15:14
No. Words. 😥
Wheres the face masks at ?
awesome
Heart breaking!
The human condition is so sad
That's sad
Jimminy crickets
This is so sad
I feel kind of regret
I don’t get, what work is she doing, is it prostitution or what..?
professional oil rub with a happy ending
A doctor doing private checkups..wth
Gynecologists
Consultant economist
Personal financial advisor. Particle accelerator physicist.
What the hell is this about
仲以爲拒會走水貨添
"Professional master of a famous deluxe sauna, Transpires feelings that makes you high~"
Hahahaha, I'd totally pick her.
What does it mean? Is this some kind of code in this business? Or a common phrase in english? Sorry, me non native.
M I don’t know, it looks like the kind of description you’d find on a Pokemon card. Maybe a way to get the John’s imagination going.
😥😥😥😥😥
Instead she got corona
This is not the moment
@@rjyoon562 ik ...
bro this is'nt appropriate
@@sangat4315 ik
Sad😢
Supply and demand. Economic 101.
Sad!
By judging with the phones, was this short film taken like a decade ago?
no
🥺🤭😢😫
So sad .A bird in a cage .
🇹🇹🇬🇧🇺🇸
stereotype
no
I mean...its what happens in 95% of the world countries...poor people become thieves, prostitutes, industrial workers...only in Europe and the US the state pays you enough to survive even without a job.
What ever language they are speaking is the ugliest language i have ever heard !!