On a stormy Sydney evening, Linh (Nammi Le), a young Vietnamese-Australian university student, climbs into an anonymous car to begin work as a part-time escort. Her driver, Dion, and Mint, the Thai girl sitting in the back, will be her constant companions as she travels the city from job to job, negotiating her way through experiences that are often confronting to Linh whose moral compass has to be re-adjusted after each evening’s work.

Linh’s father has lost his job and her family are in danger of losing their house. Linh’s new income helps pay the mortgage, but to keep her prostitution secret, she becomes a consummate liar. Her parents are only too pleased she is able to help and believe her lies. Not even her closest friends know – least of all her boyfriend Jack.

How all this affects Linh emotionally is glimpsed in the relationship she forms with one of her regular clients, Luke, a former US Marine dealing in looted art works from Iraqi museums. They talk about Linh’s studies in social anthropology and religion and Linh gradually adapts to the double life she leads.

When finally Linh’s two worlds collide, she struggles to deal with the shock and distress of those close to her and the value judgements of a society whose double standards she has witnessed first-hand.

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