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THE RECEPTIONIST (2016)

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  • dir.  Jenny Lu
  • year. 2016
  • country. UK | Taiwan
  • run-time. 102 mins
  • rating. 18

£6.00 (£4.50 conc.)

Doors 19:00 - Film 20:00


Unable to find a job, Tina, a Taiwanese recent graduate living in London, starts working in an illegal massage parlour as a receptionist. As she gradually comes to know the women in this most dysfunctional of artificial families, where sex lies at the core of everything, she sees how they struggle to find a way to make their lives work, with an undercurrent of violence and danger always lurking.

Inspired by true events. Directed and written by Jenny Lu. Cast – Teresa Daley, Josh Whitehouse, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Sophie Gopsill, Amanda Fan, Shuang Teng

Language – English, Mandarin, Taiwanese (with English sub-titles)

Earlier Event: September 27
LIFE DRAWING at Deptford Cinema