A Very Short Life
2009, Cantonese. Directed by Dennis Law Sau-Yiu.
"A woman is born to give her body to men; her father or strangers should make no difference." Respectable Police Commissioner Josephine reinvestigates an insignificant murder case of a 11 years old girl. The murderer is the mother of the victim, Becky. Under intense interrogation, Becky refused to admit that she knew all along that her boyfriend was raping her little daughter at home. The harsh interrogation drives Becky into killing herself. What is the truth that the raging Commissioner is trying to find out? What is the seemingly defenseless mother hiding? Or is she acually telling the truth? Is the phrase, "A woman is born to give her body to men." the whole truth?
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Cantonese
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- Released
- 6 May 2009
- Original title
- 短暫的生命
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Written by
- Dennis Law Sau-Yiu
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A Very Short Life runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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A Very Short Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 May 2009. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked A Very Short Life, try The White Orchid, The Truth About Emanuel, The Quiller Memorandum.
Who directed A Very Short Life?
A Very Short Life (2009) was directed by Dennis Law Sau-Yiu and stars Leila Tong, Maggie Shiu Mei-kei, Cheung Siu-fai.