The Receptionist

Its about a desperately jobseeking taiwanese girl in london england. she accepts in the end a job as a receptionist at a under cover massage parlour in a dull and grey neighbourhood in london , england. we are following the life of hope,dreams,struggle and tragedy and death, in the oldest worktrades of humanity told through the eyes of the receptionist. it is not a film about trafficking, rather a story about the house mom and her job seeking employees of women that just needs money to survive, not for drugs, just survival.

there is a small cast, and the actors do deliver, not awardingly, but believable. they really show the harshness of the sex trade, and the interconnection whithin a small group of women desperadoes of lost dreams.

its an informative movie of the shadow lives of a large city, its recommended by the grumpy old man

The film provides an in depth look into the hidden lives of foreigners doing illicit work to survive and provide for their families. And all the drama that comes about because of that.

In this genre there are very few movies on the topic. This one really manages to hit the ball out the park.

Their are multiple extraordinary scenes that show what these people go through and makes one want to tear up.

I am sure this was probably quite a low budget film but the cinematography was well done.

The acting was good with believable characters. The subtitles were done well as a majority of the conversations are not in English. Some of the plot points could have had more backstory.

What a debut from Jenny Lu she delivered a hard hitting emotionally intense raw film. I have to say I had teary eyes through the film the characters where all brilliant as well. I look forward to her future work.

A young college graduate in London takes a job as a receptionist in an illegal massage parlor where she and her fellow Taiwanese immigrants experience real existential hardship.

I love love love this movie. I feel like I had a life affirming, if not life changing, experience watching this. Everything about this film works. Especially the acting and the story. Some of the scenes are brutal. It would definitely get an R rating in the US, but it's not exploitative one bit. It's the furthest thing from a dumb, slasher horror film or a gross out high school comedy.

It's like a Chekov story or an Ibsen play. It's for fans of intelligent, tight, suspenseful, compassionate, slow burning crime dramas. It's definitely one I will be raving about to my friends. If I could give it higher than my absolute highest recommendation, I would. Please, please watch this film. It's really amazing.

Great story to tell. I wish more work had been done with the dialogues. Some scenes are a bit caricatural or difficult to piece together. Why did Anna become so deluded? I like the analogy with the worms. I wish we could see what happened with Sasa.