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Happy Endings?

Happy Endings?

2009 74min EN

An intriguing exploration of the Asian massage parlor industry in Providence, RI, where a 25 year-old loophole has made the exchange of sex for money legal - as long as it happens behind closed doors. As the documentary follows a recent Korean immigrant, "Heather", working to operate her spa, the city's mayor fights to change the law that allows her business a legal existence. The film includes interviews with Korean women who work in spas, clients who frequent the spas, politicians from 1980 and today, police, local news footage, radio call-in shows and "voiced" reviews from inter-net escort review boards.

director: Tara Hurley

cast: David Cicilline, Steven Brown, Joanne Giannini, Donna M. Hughes

external: IMDb

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David Cicilline

David Cicilline

Self

Steven Brown

Steven Brown

Self

Joanne Giannini

Joanne Giannini

Self

Donna M. Hughes

Donna M. Hughes

Self

Michael A. LoCicero

Michael A. LoCicero

Monger (voice)

Rhoda Perry

Rhoda Perry

Self

Dennis Roberts

Dennis Roberts

Self

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