Pleasure Factory explores the differences between love and pleasure, and the sometimes unexpected twists these paths take. It follows three different prostitutes on one night in a district of Singapore that has so many brothels that it's practically a factory for sex. The first story is sort of an awkward, humorous coming-of-age tale about a kid's first time with a woman; the second deals with violence in prostitution and entrance into and exit from the business; and the third deals with a prostitute of contradictions, who does high-profile clients in expensive cars in sleazy back alleys but falls in love with a kid who plays guitar for money.
I loved this movie, mostly because its emotional moments impacted me. The movie was both very funny and also powerful and hard to digest--the two opposites merged well together in this movie, thanks to the excellent editing. The music aided immensely in achieving mood and atmosphere. The acting was also pretty good, and the characters they portrayed were well-defined and memorable. I disliked the cinematography though, and thought it lingered on the flesh a bit too much. The nudity and sex was excessive and unnecessary; nothing was gained by seeing what we saw (and what we saw was a lot of penis). The second half dragged a little bit, without gaining much in terms of emotional closure or thematic meaning. It should have ended after it made its point at the 60 minute mark. Even so, the message is touching, especially the second story for me, and I wholly recommend it if this sounds interesting, but be warned that there is a quite a bit of sex, on screen and off.IMDb link: http://imdb.com/title/tt1018902/