Pleasure Factory

Pleasure Factory
The international promotional poster.
Directed byEkachai Uekrongtham
Written byEkachai Uekrongtham
Produced by
  • Ekachai Uekrongtham
  • Wouter Barendrecht
  • Michael J. Werner
  • Lim Teck
Starring
CinematographyBrian Gothong Tan
Edited byBrian Gothong Tan
Music byBruno Brugnano
Production
companies
Fortissimo Films[1]
Spicy Apple Films
Distributed byShaw Organisation (Singapore)
Release dates
  • May 23, 2007 (2007-05-23) (Cannes)
  • October 18, 2007 (2007-10-18) (Thailand)
  • October 25, 2007 (2007-10-25) (Singapore)
Running time
88 minutes
Countries
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
Languages
  • Mandarin
  • English

Pleasure Factory (快乐工厂 Kuaile Gongchang) is a 2007 Singaporean-Thai docudrama film set in Geylang, the red-light district of Singapore. Directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham, the film was selected for the Un Certain Regard competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

The film is unusual in Southeast Asian cinema[citation needed] for its frank depiction of subjects traditionally hidden in Asian society, such as prostitution and same-sex relationships, and features explicit male nudity.

  1. ^ Saul Symonds (2007-04-24). "Fortissimo clocks in for 'Factory' pic". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  2. ^ "Cannes archive". 19 May 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.