A Very Short Life

A Very Short Life Chinese pinyin Dun Zn D Shng Mng Cantonese Yale Dyun Jaam Dik Sang Ming is a 2009 Hong Kong drama film written, produced and directed by Dennis Law. It is Laws fifth feature film as a writer and director. Centered on child abuse and child molestation, the film stars Maggie Shiu as a Hong Kong police commissioner who investigates the murder of an 11yearold girl at the hands of her abusive mother Leila Kong. The film was awarded a Category III rating in Hong Kong for its subject matter and was released in Hong Kong onMarch 2008.

The story flashes back to when Cat meets Josephine Wong, a police commissioner who wishes to reopen an investigation involving the death of a young girl at the hands of her mother. She is joined by her female colleagues Barbara, a criminologist and Ivy, a police sergeant. Josephine decides to conduct an interrogation with the suspect, Becky Lee. Throughout the interrogation, Becky refuses to give a statement, and as a result, becomes subject to police brutality. Josephine and her colleagues leave her naked in the cold interrogation room, and later conduct a body cavity search.Cat later tells how she became involved in the investigation. She arrives at a hospital to find the little girl, Ho Heiyi, lying unconscious and her body full of scars. She dies immediately before doctors can prepare for an operation. She later arrests Jo, Beckys boyfriend, who caught trying to get rid of possible evidence on his computer. The police also well find a series of burnt videotapes. Cat reveals that the tapes contained child pornography. ........

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