ABOUT HOLLY
Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual
brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, HOLLY
is a captivating, touching and emotional experience.
Patrick (Ron Livingston), an American card shark and dealer of
stolen artifacts, has been comfortably numb' in
Cambodia for years, when he encounters Holly (Thuy Nguyen), a
12-year-old Vietnamese girl, in the K11 red light village. The girl
has been sold by her impoverished family and smuggled across the
border to work as a prostitute.
Holly's virginity makes her a lucrative prize, and when she is
sold to a child trafficker, Patrick embarks on a frantic search
through both the beautiful and sordid faces of the country, in an
attempt to bring her to safety.
Harsh, yet poetic, this feature forms part of the 'K-11"
Project, dedicated to raising awareness of the epidemic of child
trafficking and the sex slavery trade through several film
projects. The film's producers endured substantial hardships in
order to be able to shoot in Cambodia and have also founded the
RedLight Children Campaign, which is a worldwide grassroots
initiative generating conscious concern and inspiring immediate
action against child sexploitation.
