Charlene Choi’s (蔡卓妍) breakthrough role in Category III film, Sara <雛妓>, has won critical praise. The EEG movie, which also stars Simon Yam (任達華), centers on journalist Sara (Charlene Choi) who rescues an underage prostitute in Thailand while trying to recover from a dark past. The film is noted for having numerous daring sex scenes between Charlene and Simon, as well as its focus on sensitive topics such as sex tourism in Asia. Charlene’s performance in Sara helped her win the Best Actress award at the Macau International Move Festival last December. She has been nominated for Best Actress at the 34th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards, the 10th annual Osaka Asian Film Festival in Japan, and the Far East Film Festival in Italy. Thrilled by the international film committees’ recognition of Sara, Charlene hopes the film would bring more awareness to Asia’s controversial sex tourism industry. In related news, several movie posters for Sara were taken down and censored by the Hong Kong Motions Pictures Industry association due to its explicit themes. The first poster featured a naked Charlene in a pool of blood, which was deemed too violent. The second poster showed Simon and Charlene in an intimate kiss, with Charlene pulling on Simon’s belt. Creds: Oncc
