A Very Short Life

A Very Short Life

85 mins | Drama, Thriller | May 6, 2009

"A woman is born to give her body to men; her father or strangers should make no difference." Respectable Police Commissioner Josephine reinvestigates an insignificant murder case of a 11 years old girl. The murderer is the mother of the victim, Becky. Under intense interrogation, Becky refused to admit that she knew all along that her boyfriend was raping her little daughter at home. The harsh interrogation drives Becky into killing herself. What is the truth that the raging Commissioner is trying to find out? What is the seemingly defenseless mother hiding? Or is she acually telling the truth? Is the phrase, "A woman is born to give her body to men." the whole truth?

A Very Short Life

85 mins | Drama, Thriller | May 6, 2009

A Very Short Life
"A woman is born to give her body to men; her father or strangers should make no difference." Respectable Police Commissioner Josephine reinvestigates an insignificant murder case of a 11 years old girl. The murderer is the mother of the victim, Becky. Under intense interrogation, Becky refused to admit that she knew all along that her boyfriend was raping her little daughter at home. The harsh interrogation drives Becky into killing herself. What is the truth that the raging Commissioner is trying to find out? What is the seemingly defenseless mother hiding? Or is she acually telling the truth? Is the phrase, "A woman is born to give her body to men." the whole truth?
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers China Star Entertainment
Original title 短暫的生命
Directors Dennis Law
Writers Dennis Law

Cast

Leila Tong

as Becky Lee

Maggie Shiu

as Police Commissioner Josephine Wong

Eddie Cheung

as Dennis Law

Pinky Cheung

as Inspector Cat Lam