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True Files (2002)

True Files poster
Directed by
John D. Lamond
Country
Hong Kong
Elsewhere
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How it feels

The film follows characters in a crime story set in Asia. It was shot in Singapore and had trouble being released.

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What happens

True Files (also known as Shanghai Lilly) is a 2002 film directed by John D. Lamond and starring Sam Bottoms, Lim Kay Tong, Leah Di Stasio, and Glory Annen. The film was shot in 1997 in a backlot in Singapore. The film languished in legal limbo for a time after one of the financiers suffered a stroke but Lamond managed to sell it to 10 territories, mostly in Asia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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