Suzie Wong, [Nancy Kwan] breathtakingly beautiful and delightfully naive struggles in a world where survival requires innovative adjustment. While one can speculate on the moral implications of prostitution and deplore the profession outwardly one still cannot shun the character and role of Suzie Wong in HER world. Set in Hong Kong sometime after the war William Holden [an aspiring painter] moves into what he considers to be an economical accommodation to his budget in a seedy part of the city. He soon learns by the constant hallway clatter of women and strange men ascending the stairs that his chosen abode is one also used by the local prostitutes.
Holden not only accepts his misfortune but befriends some of the girls in a purely platonic fashion and grows to like them. One gal Suzie Wong takes an unhealthy liking to Holden and as he spouts ALL the good reasons she shouldn't have anything to do with him, he none the less, surrenders to her charms as a COMPLETE person rather than merely those of her profession. The film ducks and dives and includes a most compelling frequent mystery as to where Suzie disappears to every so often and then returns nonchalantly as if Holden shouldn't be concerned. Where she goes and what she does will soften the hearts of even the most critical of viewers. In the end one embraces Suzie and one must embrace also the quality of God given life we all enjoy. Suzie is emblematic of a survivor and she will bring tears to your eyes as well as joy to your heart.
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