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A Secret Between Us (2013)

A Secret Between Us poster
Original title
第一次不是你
Directed by
Patrick Kong
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
IIB
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in a Hong Kong public housing estate needs money for her mother's kidney transplant. Her childhood boyfriend agrees to let her turn to sex work to raise the funds but struggles with the reality of it.

romanticbittersweetintimatetensemelancholicgroundedpoignantatmospheric

What happens

,香港愛情電影,葉念琛作品。蔣家旻、馬志威均為首度擔任電影主角。 寶(蔣家旻飾)和強(馬志威飾)自幼是鄰居,一起在屋邨長大,兩小無猜,長大後開始交往。可惜寶媽(江美儀飾)不幸患上腎衰竭,急需換腎,需要六萬元,但親友拒絕借錢救命。此時,鄰居芸姐(陳敏之飾)伸出援手,提議寶以援交籌錢。強起初同意,並答應永遠守護寶,但目睹現實後卻無法忍受…… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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