I spent the past 2 hours looking at the 'Hoje Macau' (see below) Portuguese newspaper article about 'Roulette City', trying to figure out what they might be writing about, as if I would suddenly understand the language if I looked long enough.
Well actually, I should know what they're writing since they probably wrote what I told them in the interview.
But then, I saw the word 'Las Vegas' in a sentence after the words 'Cambodia, Laos and Thailand'. I presume they were referring to a film called 'Last Seen At Angkor' which I co-produced in 2005, that was filmed in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. The film now has distribution in LOS ANGELES, and I guess they said 'Las Vegas' by mistake.
So, for the unsuspecting reader, that would mean that I made something that was distributed in Vegas, and am now making something in Macau. Wow!
To think that I always say that my future films in Macau would carry the 'gambling' theme... I should really watch what I'm wishing for. Haha.
Thomas 11 Feb, 04:34hrs.
Roulette City synopsis
Tak, from Mainland China, goes to Macau with his uncle Wai, hoping to win money to pay for his ill mother's operation. Together they begin to frequent Macau's underground gambling dens - and win big. But as their winnings grow, Wai becomes increasingly distracted by the temptations of the big city, including Tak’s old lover from China - Wynnie. Misled to believe that he had killed Wai in a furied brawl over Wynnie, Tak must find a way to flee Macau with Wynnie. Wynnie lures Tak into a gamble that he cannot refuse: their freedom in exchange for information known to a local policeman, Kin. To gain Kin's trust, Tak befriends Kin’s sister Armanda. Armanda's simple and honest nature catches Tak off-guard and he begins to fall for her. As Tak grows closer to Kin and Armanda, and Kin gets closer to discovering Tak's true intentions, Tak must decide where his true loyalties lie.
