Release Date: 1st December 2006
Details: 127 mins, M18, Drama
Starring: Olympia Dukakis, Stockard Channing, Shawn Ashmore, Lucy Liu, Chloe Sevigny
[full cast]
Directed by: Thom Fitzgerald
Local Distributor: Archer Entertainment Asia
A drama that visits rural China, a plantation in South Africa, and Montreal's porn industry, to tell three separate yet universal stories, rooted to struggles with the HIV pandemic. In China, Ping is a pregnant young woman running a black market blood collection scam that creates a mini epidemic in a rural village. In Montreal, Denys is a porn actor hiding his positive HIV status in order to continue working and supporting his mother--who herself goes to extreme lengths to provide for the family's future.
3 NEEDLES
3 Needles is a collection of three stories, set individually across the globe in Africa, China and Canada. All three tales tell a powerful story of how the harshest tragedy can sometimes bring out the best in people, offering the bittersweet hope of finding redemption in the unlikeliest of places.
In South Africa, a nun risks all, including her salvation, to help the helpless. In China, a father unwittingly gives away his most precious possession for a few pieces of silver. In North America, a mother makes the ultimate sacrifice to ensure her son spends his remaining days in comfort.
3 Needles features a compelling international cast, including Lucy Liu (Kill Bill; Ally MacBeal), Sandra Oh (Sideways, Grey's Anatomy), Chloe Sevigny (Dogville, Broken Flowers), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men: The Last Stand), Stockard Channing (The West Wing); also featuring Singaporean actor, Ng Chin Han.
