
Whispers and Moans
Whispers and Moans is a 2007 Hong Kong film directed by Herman Yau. It is based on the 2006 book Whispers and Moans by Yeeshan Yang, investigating the Hong Kong sex trade. It has a Category III rating in Hong Kong.
Plot
Elsie (Yan Ng) is a social worker with an interest in the rights of sex workers, despite this she is naive as to the lives of prostitutes, and finds it impossible to be accepted into their milieu. This changes when she comes to the aid of nightclub hostess Happy (Chan Mei-hei). Happy introduces Elsie to her colleagues and Elsie is able to observe first hand the business of prostitution in Hong Kong.
More details
author | Herman Yau Yang Yeeshan |
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director | Herman Yau |
editor | Yau Chi Wai |
events | prostitution |
genre | drama |
keywords | drug addict hong kong host and hostess clubs male prostitute male prostitution mama-san mistress nightclub hostess prostitution in hong kong rights of sex workers sex worker slay social worker street prostitute street prostitution transgender turn |
musicBy | Mak Chun Hung |