The Receptionist (2016) on Netflix
Tina, a Taiwanese graduate in London, cannot find work as the 2008 financial crisis takes hold. She answers phones at an illegal massage parlor, where migrant women from Asia work.
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- Netflix3.6/5
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- Rotten Tomatoes80%
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Tina has a degree from Taiwan and lives in London with her boyfriend, a British student of architecture. The year is 2008 and the financial crisis has made work hard to find. Tina therefore takes a job answering the phones at a massage parlor that operates illegally. The women who work at the parlor are migrants from Asia; they came to London hoping for better lives and ended up taking jobs there to survive. The film was inspired by a true story. As she grows familiar with these women, Tina is led to question her own values and morals.
