[ heavy breathing ]
[ indistinct traffic noise ]
[ horns honking ]
[ grunting ]
[ screams ] [ gasps ]
[ slams ]
Almost home.
[ pool balls clacking ]
[ woman speaking Khmer ]
[ brakes squeal ]
[ engine shuts off ]
[ doors open, close ]
Little kitty...
You don't like Mama-san anymore?
Hmm?
Come out now.
I'll get you something to eat.
Hmm?
Come out...
Come...
Come, come...
...come, come...
Hmm?
You filthy dog!
You're going to starve tonight...
[ inhales sharply ]
[ tailgate closes ]
You run again, I kill you!
[ lock turns ]
[ glass shatters ]
Let me out! Let me out!
Let me out, let me out.
[ crying ]
[ indistinct conversations ]
[ speaks Khmer ]
Money...
Money... money...
Money, money, money...
Easy money...
He's bluffing.
Freddie fucking Getz.
Holy shit. It's Asia's favorite white man.
What the hell are you doing in this place?
Just trying to save another lost soul, brother.
Shitter's in the back.
Go check the mirror, and you might find one.
Unh-unh.
All right, go ahead. Tick-tick shit.
You still doing laundry?
Freddie: No, I, uh... gave myself a promotion.
I'm sending out.
Oh.
How's Bangkok these days?
Bangkok's Bangkok.
Yeah?
What, do you got a sweetheart down here?
No, just business. We've expanded.
Good for you. So have I.
You got that beat?
Wait, three -- wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
Three fucking aces? You can't have three fucking aces.
I've got two aces right there!
[ indistinct shouting ]
That's five aces! How the fuck do you get five aces?!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
Come on, let's go. - All right.
I don't know how you get five fucking aces in a deck!
We're going. We're going.
All right, all right. It's good. It's good.
Just go. - Fine, fine.
Let's go. Keep the money.
If you're gonna cheat, fucking learn to cheat.
Fucking asshole.
[ shouts in Khmer ]
Man: American, fuck you!
I need a drink.
You got any money left?
Yeah, you think I'm gonna lose to those clowns?
You left all your money in the pot.
I walked in with about a third of this.
White guy looks like he goes bust,
I get home safe, everybody's happy.
Smooth operation, Freddie.
Maybe you should quit while you're ahead, Patrick.
Fuck off.
How much money you got in your pocket, huh?
Enough for, what,
three meals, roof over your head?
I'm doing all right.
You're doing all right.
I'm talking about nice money, you know.
You could start something with it.
What am I gonna start?
Well, I don't know. Something.
It's easy. It's simple money.
I don't know.
I'm not doing that anymore, okay?
I'm a card player.
You're a card player. Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure you are.
Is this Vegas? I'm sorry.
I didn't see the big casinos and the lights.
Cut the fucking crap, Patrick.
Hello?
Barkeep!
Woman: Yes, sir?
I want to pay his bill.
[ woman speaking in Khmer ]
[ paper rustling, pen scratching ]
That's my number, buddy.
Use it if you grow a brain.
Yeah, good to see you.
[ insects chirping ]
[ woman moaning ]
[ bed creaking ]
Man: Shh.
[ moaning, creaking continues ]
Turn over.
[ indistinct talking ]
[ chuckling ]
Man: I like you.
[ horn honks ]
[ hands clap ]
[ woman speaking Khmer ]
[ bell rings ]
[ indistinct conversations ]
Woman: Hi.
Hello.
Hi.
[ brakes squeal ]
Hello. I love you.
Woman: I have new girl.
Huh?
She upstairs. Really new. She virgin.
How much?
One week, $1,000.
Too much.
No too much. She very beauty. Very beautiful.
No, too much.
I discount you!
$900!
Woman: Bye!
Bye-bye!
So, what do you think?
Well...
Very inconspicuous.
So am I.
[ glasses clink ]
Are you sure you want to go on that thing?
I trust that thing more than I trust you.
It's a big mistake.
Hey. Be back in three or four days.
You got it.
[ engine turns over ]
Gas?
For gas.
Gas -- straight back. Straight back.
Straight back. Oh, okay. Thank you.
[ pool balls clacking ]
[ indistinct conversations ]
And another four.
Yeah, four of you.
This is ridiculous.
[ sighs ]
Hey.
[ whistles ]
Pedro. Need some gas.
No gas. Gas later.
What do you mean? When's later?
You go beers... Two hour, come gas...
[ Holly speaking Vietnamese ]
Now that I've been released and I am your new princess,
you will work five days a week
and in the weekend, we throw a festival.
And everybody will get cake and cookies and bread,
and all the kids will be awarded with special magic toys...
[ lock turns ]
You can go down to the cafe to eat.
Barbara will keep an eye on you.
If you try to escape again,
I'll go back to your mommy and take your little sister.
You understand?
I need money for food.
You start working, you'll have money.
Here, you can come with us.
- How's it going? - Fine.
- Did he pay for this? - No.
Come on.
Hey. You buy me beer?
Me, too.
No.
I thirsty.
Thirsty for love.
[ laughs ]
Uh... [ sighs ]
Okay. Go back to your table.
Me no go. Me thirsty.
Can you get them some Pepsis, please? On me.
All right?
[ cards shuffling ]
[ indistinct conversations ]
[ air hisses, tab pops ]
[ tab pops ]
You see? Very bad.
Yeah, it's terrible. Can you fix it?
Can fix. Be ready tomorrow.
No, no, no, no. Not tomorrow. Today. Right now.
Need part. I take to city. $5.
I'm not gonna leave the bike here.
You sleep in late. I'm gonna fix it tomorrow.
No girl, okay?
Just room. Sleep.
Girl go hotel. No come room tonight.
And, uh...
Holly!
Take out the trash, change the sheets,
and get the foreigner some towels.
Hmm?
You like? She still virgin.
Not yet open. I give you good price.
Just the room, thanks.
Hey.
Here.
You play?
Cards? I'm an attorney.
Forget I asked.
I'm Klaus.
Patrick.
Bring me the fried rice.
The noodle soup is excellent.
All right. I'll try the noodle soup.
[ cards shuffling ]
Isn't it something?
I never felt so close to heaven.
Do you see the girl with the black dress?
Like a wild flower, growing on the harsh land,
rooted within the rocks, blossoming in the wind.
The smell of gods and the thorns of the devil.
Baba.
[ smooches ]
She's completely in love with me.
I can tell.
Be careful there.
This is an expensive delight.
What is?
Deflowering a kid.
Popping a cherry,
as you Americans like to call it.
I don't sleep with little girls, you sick fuck.
I beg your pardon? What you doing here, then?
Got lost on the way to the temples? Please.
Baba, you are so beautiful.
[ smooches ]
Let's go. Good luck.
I don't want that. No soup. Fried rice.
[ sniffs ]
Fried rice.
[ speaking Khmer ]
Me no Cambodia. Me Vietnam.
Vietnam?
Village, all people... Vietnam.
Man: Let's go.
Xin chào.
What's your name?
Holly.
Xin chào, Holly. My name's Patrick.
Sinjao, Patrick. Now, I eat soup, okay?
[ chuckles ]
[ children playing ]
Come, sir, come.
Come where? - I take you baby.
Huh? What baby?
Come. You like. Come.
[ sighs ]
Yeah. Yeah, all right.
Come, come. We go baby.
Hey, hey, hey, no touching.
$30, she yum yum you. No boom boom. She's too young.
Huh?
You no like, you no pay.
No, no, let go. Let go.
- Two girl, $50. - I best...
I yum yum very good.
No, all right, let go.
I no money today, Mama-san boxing me.
All right, here.
[ tin clanging ]
How much longer you gonna be with this thing?
Could you wait about three, four hour?
You can just stand by. You want to go somewhere.
You want some help with that?
I okay.
Just let me help you, all right?
No, I okay.
You're stubborn, you know that?
What stubborn?
Turn around.
Go on, just turn around.
What stubborn?
Strong, tough.
You only do what you want to do.
You don't do what anybody tells you -- stubborn.
Yes, I stubborn.
I know you are.
It's okay. I don't like the berries.
Eat.
All right.
Same as a monkey.
[ imitates monkey ]
Eat.
All right, all right. All right, all right, all right.
Mmm.
Thanks.
[ motorcycle approaches ]
[ horn honks, laughter ]
[ engine turns over ]
Hey, hop on.
Come on.
Hang on.
Man: Thank you very much. You speak very well.
Where did you learn?
From tourists.
Oh, really?
Bitch!
Patrick: Okay, get set. And Brake.
Brake.
Good, good, good, good, good.
Okay.
Go on and straighten it out. Straighten it out.
Yeah.
All right. Straighten it out.
When you're ready.
And Brake.
Brake. Okay, one more.
Here you go. Keep it ahead.
Okay.
Woman: Mm. American man.
Staying here. Tall.
Black hair.
Red moto. - Black hair.
Look at her. She just makes fun of you.
Where did you go?
I was just driving the moto...
You are not allowed to go out of the village!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Don't hit her!
You take her, you pay.
We just went out for a drive.
You take her, you pay.
All right.
Good?
You like girl? Huh?
I'm sorry, all right? I got to go.
Okay?
Give me shirt. I clean.
No, they're gonna wash it at the hotel for me.
I clean. No money.
It's okay. Thanks.
You stubborn.
[ chuckles ]
Give me shirt. I clean now. You go later.
Okay.
I bad person last life...
this life punish...
I good this life... next life, I princess.
Have many shoes...
You only get one life...
So you got to try and make the most of it.
I no can.
I no luck...
I yum yum...
Boom boom.
No princess next life.
Woman: No! No! No, no, no, no! Go, go, go!
I'm just looking for -- - She no here! Come, come, come!
It's fine. I just want to talk to her.
Go! No, no!
Okay. Okay, I'm going.
I'm going.
[ car door opens, closes ]
[ engine turns over ]
[ baby crying ]
[ sighs ]
You want to, uh, get something to eat?
Come on.
Ah, poker face.
Got to keep your poker face.
That's where it all starts.
All right, you'll work on that.
This game same same, yes?
No, no, no. See, it's a street game.
It's crap. Too many cards. Poker's professional.
It's big money.
You good poker?
Yeah.
You make many money?
No.
Why no?
Never had much luck, either.
[ chuckles ] see?
You got me beat.
I like.
Yeah, you like that? I like it, too.
[ laughs ] Hey. What did I do?
You no tough.
We tough.
Oh, yeah? You don't look so tough.
Me no tough? I'll kill you.
You no worry. She kill you, I kill her.
Okay.
Hey, hey! Hey, hey!
Hey, hey! All right, all right, all right! Knock it off!
I kill you! - I kill you better!
Knock it off, knock it off. All right, all right, all right.
Go on! Get out of here! Go on! Get out of here!
All right. All right, tiger.
All right.
[ singing in German ]
[ smooches ]
[ singing continues in distance ]
[ exhaling sharply ]
Hey.
What are you doing in here?
I come speak you.
It's the middle of the night.
I want you buy me.
What?
I no want other man buy me. You buy me better.
What do you mean, buy you?
We go village Vietnam.
We take Holly sister.
Mama no sell sister like Holly.
Huh?
Holly big. Holly sister no big, okay?
Okay.
I no want sister come here.
I yum yum you.
You no money me, okay?
[ sighs ]
Y-you no like me?
[ cap screws ]
[ rooster crows ]
[ door opens ]
[ footsteps approach ]
Get up, filthy dog!
[ shouting in Vietnamese ]
[ banging ]
Angkor?
Yes, Angkor.
Stole in the war,
and Freddie sell it in Bangkok for $500 each.
Makes very good money.
Little bonus in there for you.
[ chips clacking ]
[ horn honks ]
[ insects chirping ]
[ engine shuts off ]
Woman: Hi.
Hey.
Uh, Holly?
Oh. Holly go. She no here.
I give you other girl.
No, I don't want another girl. I'm looking for Holly.
She go. She no here. She no back.
What do you mean, she no back?
She bad girl. Trouble. I sell her man.
You go or I call man!
[ dance music playing ]
[ indistinct conversations ]
You married, Klaus?
No. Not anymore.
You got kids?
A daughter. She's 14.
You have a daughter.
Something funny?
You're an attorney, and you have a daughter.
How can I come here?
Yeah.
They have a different set of values here,
different morals.
We cannot understand that.
What does that mean?
It is their way.
Their family sells them, and they go willingly...
because it takes a sacrifice, a need to survive.
It's gone on for ages...
long before we got here.
They have a lot of prostitutes in this region,
and who do you think they cater to?
Tourists?
They got 5-year-olds negotiating blowjobs in a back alley.
You call them prostitutes?
You see the girl? That's what I like.
I don't go for the little ones.
Hello, baby lover.
Your girlfriend go?
You know where she went?
She go many man. She forget you.
Come on, Klaus.
You miss Holly?
We go hotel. I make you forget.
We go Hotel Phnom Penh, okay?
[ drink pours ]
Why you sad?
What's wrong?
You shy?
I'm no pretty like Holly.
No, you're pretty.
You're very pretty.
How do you say that in Vietnamese?
Em dep lam. "you are beautiful."
Em dep lam.
Holly dep lam, too.
Do you know where she is?
She go other city with Vibal.
Vibal? Who's Vibal?
Vibal, ohn.
Okay. Do you know where they went?
Mm... I think Siemréab.
What you do?
You go Siemréab?
Yeah.
Holly little girl, virgin. You pay many money.
You buy me. A good deal. I cook you. I clean.
You no do anything.
Holly's a little girl.
Holly can't take care of herself.
You...
Why don't you just run away?
No, no can.
Family no see Lan again. Lan bad girl.
Boom boom many man. Have no place to go.
Have to buy. Holly same same.
Well, how much? How much to buy Holly?
Holly?
Maybe $2,000.
Lan $500. Maybe $400.
[ scoffs ]
Well, I don't have enough money to buy anybody.
[ sighs ]
You go Siemréab.
Vibal: # I love you, girl #
[ singing in Khmer ]
# hey, sexy lady #
[ singing continues ]
# hey, sexy lady #
[ singing continues ]
[ singing stops ]
[ shouting in Vietnamese ]
[ engine shuts off ]
You wanna die? Moron...
[ footsteps ]
[ explosion ]
[ flies buzzing ]
[ grinding ]
[ indistinct conversations ]
This boat go Batdambang.
Phnom Penh?
No, Batdambang.
Where Batdambang?
Batdambang there. Phnom Penh there.
Where Vietnam?
Phnom Penh there. Vietnam.
You go take speedboat... Phnom Penh.
[ gasps ]
I go Batdambang, okay?!
20,000 riel. - I no money.
No money, no boat.
Please, me no good here. Please, I go Batdambang.
No money, no boat. I'm sorry.
You take. I go Batdambang.
Yes... no?
Okay. Go.
He -- he's a trafficker.
Yeah, I know.
So...
Why, you lonely in the nights?
It's a personal thing.
There's crime, and there's crime.
These people already have a reservation for hell.
They care about nothing.
Your life...maybe $5.
And I will miss you.
Okay.
But you take Thom with you.
Just in case.
[ flies buzzing ]
Don't look there.
I no Khmer!
You no look there.
I look where I want.
[ gasps ]
You go city?
Boy: Yes.
I come. - No.
[ cans clang ]
[ indistinct conversations ]
[ laughter ]
Little girl!
Come here!
I never saw you here before. Where are you from?
I go bus Phnom Penh. Mother wait.
Oh, come on here. Hmm?
Come on.
[ speaking Khmer ]
Good?
I go Phnom Penh.
Phnom Penh... no bus. I drive.
[ indistinct radio chatter ]
[ girls singing in Khmer in distance ]
Two minutes, okay?
Come on.
Phnom Penh?
Yeah, yeah... Later... Later.
Hundred dollars.
She's Vietnamese. She's got no one.
Hundred and fifty.
She is very young... pretty...
Two hundred!
I go Phnom Penh!
[ indistinct conversation ]
Go home.
I want to take her back with me.
And I have money.
She dead.
What do you mean, she's dead?
Huh? I-I don't -- I don't understand.
What do you mean, she's dead?
Crazy girl... run to field...
[ exhales sharply ]
Dead. Kaput.
Understand?
[ laughing ] Boom. No boom boom.
You know?
Wait a minute. Wait a second.
[ coughing ]
No, no!
He's a foreigner. The police will investigate.
Next time I see you, you die.
[ dog barking in distance ]
[ lock turns ]
No need to fix her up. She's a virgin.
Virgin?
You're sure?
Yeah. Yeah.
[ sighs ]
Hmm.
[ horn honking ]
[ metal creaking ]
Woman: Hi!
Woman #2: Hi, hi!
Go get your mama-san!
What is this?
I heard you have a new girl... little girl.
[ chuckles ]
She's not little. She's eighteen.
You tell them to wait here,
and I'll take you up to see, okay?
She's Vietnamese.
She's much too young. This is not good.
Don't worry.
We keep her up here.
For special clients only.
She's very young.
You make $600 a week on a girl like that, no?
Oh, no. Less. Much less.
So, you paid $200 to my guy.
I want $300,
and we get to treat our special guest
from the Vietnamese government.
See... I'm fair.
[ insects chirping ]
[ indistinct conversation ]
[ footsteps approaching ]
What's your name? (Vietnamese)
So, the kid runs to his mommy and goes,
"Mommy, Mommy, the baby chicken is eating all my worms."
So, the mommy goes,
"It's okay, son. Let him have some.
I'm just finishing up eating his mother."
[ laughter ]
[ sighs ]
[ wrapper crinkling ]
Eat...
It's good...
Excuse me.
I deserve to be slapped by a couple people,
but I don't think you're one of them.
And so you know, I'm not one of your perverts, either.
So, what were you going to do if you found her in time?
I don't know. I didn't get that far.
Buy her, I guess.
What did I do now?
Patrick, I don't want to offend you.
But when you buy a girl, you're supporting the trade.
You encourage them to keep on going.
You become a part of the operation.
So, what was I supposed to do, just leave her there?
There are over 30,000 child prostitutes in Cambodia.
Uh-huh.
Let's say we're gonna buy every single one of them.
What do you think will happen?
I don't know.
Next year, there will be 60,000,
And their price will be higher.
Well, I wasn't trying to help 60,000 girls.
I was trying to help one.
First time I came here, I was just a volunteer.
I thought it would be cool, you know?
Different experience.
I met Jonathan, and I guess...
I was mesmerized by him, so I decided to stay...
For love.
[ chuckles ]
Anyhow, after the love was gone...
I realized I've become too involved,
too connected.
Seeing the people here,
how they're able to smile after all they've been through...
I don't know many people who can turn their backs on that.
What about you? How long have you been here?
Uh...
Well, I came to Southeast Asia...
a couple years out of school and started working...
a bunch of different jobs.
Still here.
I see.
You're some kind of a spec trade or something?
No, no, no, no, no. I didn't sign up for all that.
I don't understand. I mean, what do you do?
What do you live for?
I don't know. What's anyone here live for?
Just trying to survive.
It was very nice talking to you.
Come visit us sometime.
[ horn honks ]
[ spits ]
Hey.
Hey!
Where did you get that?
[ speaking Khmer ]
Yeah, yeah, that. Where did you get that?
Girl gave me.
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
This girl? - Yeah, yeah!
Is this girl.
This girl?
This girl. Boat Batdambang.
No, this -- this girl is dead.
One month ago.
See Batdambang boat, one month.
[ indistinct shouting ]
Hey, hey.
Uh, how much?
Yeah, how much?
No, me like.
Yeah, I like it, too. How much?
Vietnamese? - Yeah.
Batdambang is not many. We find her easy.
We go other?
Yeah, brothels.
I go in. Pretend.
Uh-huh.
OK? You stay in the car.
All right.
Listen, what if she's not in one of the brothels?
You understand?
Not -- not a prostitute. She's not a prostitute.
Then we go to the street kids.
All right.
But... no many Vietnamese girl.
Yeah.
[ car door opens, closes ]
Can I see?
You can follow her. It's okay.
All right.
You wait here.
Okay.
[ footsteps approaching ]
Holly, hey. How are you?
It's Patrick.
Short time, $5. We go hotel, $20.
What?
No, it's me. It's Patrick.
We go hotel?
You don't know who I am?
I many men.
We go room now, okay?
No.
No, no, no.
Patrick.
You know, cards?
The...motorcycle.
We picked the berries together. I picked you up, remember?
You don't remember that?
I picked you up? Remember?
Ma!
[ footsteps approach ]
What you do?
Nothing. I didn't do anything.
[ man speaking Khmer in distance ]
I have client waiting her. You take her hotel or no?
[ door closes ]
I tired. We boom boom now.
I go sleep, okay?
Listen to me.
No boom boom. No yum yum.
Okay?
It's all right. It's okay.
[ sighs ]
Come here. It's okay.
It's all right. Come on.
See?
Em dep lam.
Stop!
Come on.
You're crazy! Stop it!
Stop!
[ crying ]
I'm sorry.
Okay?
[ horn honks in distance ]
[ door opens ]
Hey.
Where the hell did you go?
Woman: She need come back morning.
You take her now.
Bring back morning. $20.
You want?
[ slow-tempo music playing ]
Boy: Shoeshine, mister?
No.
[ spits ]
It's okay.
All right, come on. It's okay.
It's all right.
Oh, yeah.
That's good.
[ air hisses, tab pops ]
Ma angry me. Ma kill you! I trouble. You trouble.
Okay.
I no go!
Come on. - Ma angry! Ma kill you!
I need go back!
You're not going back there ever again.
Do you understand?
[ footsteps ]
[ sighs ]
[ shoes thud ]
[ sighs ]
What you think...
...we do?
What do you want to do?
I want to go village right now.
You still love your parents?
Yes.
Even after what they did to you?
They no money food. Mother all work hard.
Father sick. He many drink.
I rich. I give them money.
They no sell sister.
You're a good person.
Why don't you try and get some sleep?
[ sighs ]
[ telephone dialing ]
[ sighs ]
[ ringing ]
[ singing in Khmer ]
Hmm?
Come.
All right, all right. All right, all right.
Now...
Come here.
[ applause ]
"I don't sleep with little girls, you sick fuck."
No! N-no fight! No good!
Hypocrite.
Freddie: Import/export -- leave a message.
[ beep ] Hey, Freddie, it's me.
Listen, I'm sorry about that, uh, shipment.
I had something come up.
I actually want to talk to you about it,
and I need to come by and pick up my money.
Uh...
why don't you give me a call? I'm staying --
I'll just -- you know what? I-I'll call you back.
I'll try you back later.
[ toilet flushing ]
C-come. Sit.
What's up?
I love you.
What?
We go village. Take sister.
Go America. I wife you.
[ sighs ]
No. You -- you can't wife me.
[ chuckles ]
You're, like, 12 years old, all right?
You're a little kid.
I woman. I many men. I can wife you.
Okay, uh...
Why don't you go sit over there for now?
Go on. Go sit over there. I mean it.
You no love me?
No, it's --
Okay, let's, uh -- let's just slow that down there.
You other girl. I kill her.
No, nobody's gonna kill anybody.
Sit -- - I kill you!
I love you! You no other girl!
I jealous you!
[ sighs ]
You don't need to be jealous.
[ rooster crows in distance ]
[ dog barking in distance ]
[ keys jingling ]
W-where you go?
I'm just -- I got to -- I got to do some things.
I'll be back. I don't know.
Try to get some sleep or watch TV.
Do whatever you want, okay?
Tomorrow...
we're gonna figure out what to do.
[ door closes ]
[ stomping ]
[ breathing heavily ]
[ sighs ]
[ birds chirping ]
Thank you.
All right, come on.
We no go Vietnam?
Yeah, we're going.
It's, uh -- it's just not that easy to get across the border.
I think these people can help.
Come on.
[ knock on gate ]
Hi.
Hello. Can I help you?
[ knock on door ]
Marie?
I really like your hair.
You hungry?
Why don't you go with Wen? She'll get your breakfast.
Patrick come, too.
No.
Patrick and me need to talk about how to help you.
Okay?
Go.
Come.
They are smuggled in.
The village where you found her is run by the Vietnamese Mafia.
So...how do I get her back home?
If you try and take her back,
they will arrest her for illegal immigration.
Probably arrest you, as well.
What if I took her back to the States?
You can't.
They've put a ban on adoption from this region
in fear that people will use it as a shield for trafficking.
But even if you could,
you really think that you can take care of her?
I promised her that I would try to help save her sister.
You don't even know if you saved her yet.
What do you mean?
It takes five minutes to rescue a girl from a brothel,
but it takes five years
to reintegrate her into society and save her.
Listen, I appreciate what you did. I do.
But if you really did it for her,
you have to let it go.
So, I just dump her here, and that's it?
That's the happy ending?
As long as it's not tragic, it's happy.
Can I come visit her, see how she's doing?
She's 12 years old,
and her male perspective is of one who abuses,
rapes, and enslaves her.
Here, we try and make this girl forget all this.
You're always gonna be a part of this world.
It's not good for her.
And quite frankly,
I don't think it's good for you, either.
[ indistinct conversations in distance ]
Everything is fine now. You are safe.
Can I take this?
Where Patrick?
You know where you are, Holly?
In this place, we try to help little kids like you,
kids who have been to very bad places
instead of going to school, playing with their friends.
You understand?
You're very lucky.
[ bell dinging ]
They're about to start a dance class.
Do you like dancing?
[ native music playing ]
[ singing in Khmer ]
[ singing continues ]
[ footsteps ]
Holly?
Holly.
Why are you not in your room, sleeping,
like everybody else?
I wait Patrick.
Holly...
...Patrick is not coming back.
[ sighs ]
So, you know?
Yeah, I know.
How bad?
Well, a couple local mob guys came to my office today.
What are you thinking, man? Are you stupid?
It was the right thing to do, Freddie.
[ chuckles ] Right thing to do.
Yeah, well... [ clears throat ]
See that river there, the Mekong?
How many fucking millions of bodies been rolling down that.
"The right thing to do."
You'd have been laying in that thing if it wasn't for me.
[ sighs ]
Where's the girl?
No, she's gone.
[ scoffs ] They're not gonna buy that.
I don't care. She's gone.
Here.
What's this? - Take it.
It's a one-way ticket to America.
I can't go back there, Freddie. You know that.
You don't have a fucking choice.
Been 15 years, buddy. Nobody remembers anything.
Get the fuck home.
Look, I gave them what I owed you,
and I paid for the rest.
You're heading out tomorrow. You're finished here.
I'm not going back.
[ sighs ]
They're gonna kill you, Patrick, okay?
For once in your life, you got lucky.
Take advantage of it.
Yeah. I appreciate the thought.
Yeah.
Will you do me a favor? Just tell me why.
[ bottle clanks ]
Look, I know how it works, all right?
I walk by a hundred kids a day --
grabbing for hand-outs,
fucking pushing bullshit souvenirs.
Okay? And I know you can't help them.
You can't even try.
You give them money, someone takes it.
You teach them to beg.
How many bullshit souvenirs does one guy need, anyway?
Then you develop this glazed-eye stare.
You know, you walk straight. You don't look at them.
And you never stop.
And then you're fine.
Long as you don't look in their eyes, you're fine.
What the fuck does that have to do with anything?
[ bottle clanks ]
I stopped, Freddie.
It was just an accident, but I stopped.
And I looked into her eyes.
You can't stop, Patrick. Got to keep moving.
Otherwise, life moves right by.
You know, it's time. You've been here too long.
These ain't your people.
Just go back to America.
If you're so worried about little Vietnamese girls,
write your Congressman.
[ pool balls clanking ]
How you have photo?
You go Batdambang?
Yeah, Batdambang. You know this girl?
I have her first.
She good.
[ indistinct shouting ]
[ breathing heavily ]
[ tires screeching ]
[ men speaking in Khmer ]
[ crying ]
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