Call girl Ruby dates men for pay. Arrested, she seeks help from a lawyer client. He advises her to seek letters of mitigation from people with high social status, and to play along with the probation officer. By performing an act of penitence, Ruby may be given a more lenient sentence. The lies she tells the officer, initially mere tales to solicit sympathy, slowly reveal a heartbreaking story of someone let down by adults all her life.
Rachel Leung
Ruby
Ivy Pang
Probation Officer
Jun Li
Undercover Cop
Lester Chan Chit-Man
Lawyer
Chan Chu-Hei
Ruby's Father
Sham Ka-Ki
Hooligan
Peter Yam
Probation Officer's Husband
Terrence Leung King-yiu
Probation Officer's Son
Kaiu Choy
Policewoman
Call girl Ruby dates men for pay. Arrested, she seeks help from a lawyer client. He advises her to seek letters of mitigation from people with high social status, and to play along with the probation officer. By performing an act of penitence, Ruby may be given a more lenient sentence. The lies she tells the officer, initially mere tales to solicit sympathy, slowly reveal a heartbreaking story of someone let down by adults all her life.
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