The movie's underlying economic circumstances — society-wide financial straits driving people to extreme measures — rings true for the filmmaker.

The Thai Police are intensifying efforts to combat human trafficking networks after a successful rescue of Chinese actor Wang Xing, who was identified as a victim of such operations and is expected to return to China on Friday,

"We have no choice but to borrow the power of the internet to amplify our voices," Wang Xing's girlfriend wrote on the Chinese social media platform Weibo on 5 January. The plea went viral after it was shared by some of China's biggest celebrities,