Human Trafficking (2005) (TV)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.6/10   

Réalisateur:

Christian Duguay

Writers (WGA):

Carol Doyle (teleplay) and
Agatha Dominik (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

24 octobre 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drame | Mystery | Thriller

Accroche:

Everyday, young girls are bought and sold.

Plot:

Hundreds of thousands of young women have vanished from their everyday lives-forced by violence into a hellish existence of brutality and prostitution...

Plot Keywords:

Ice | Conspiracy | Philippines | Underworld | White Slavery

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 6 wins & 5 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

A hard to watch, non-exploitive look at an international shame

Ensemble

Lynne Adams	...	Ellen Baker
Sarah Allen	...	Ludmilla
Andreas Apergis	...	Jimmy
Manuel Aranguiz	...	Mexican Police Captain
Isabelle Blais	...	Helena Votrubova
Céline Bonnier	...	Sophie
Emma Campbell	...	Samantha Gray
Robert Carlyle	...	Sergei Karpovich
Edouardo Castillon	...	Roy Filipo
Joe Cobden	...	Richard Sapperstein
Larry Day	...	Dr. Smith
Alan Fawcett	...	DHS Agent Leary
Von Flores	...	Rico
Dawn Ford	...	Viktoria Votrubova - Helena's Aunt
Rémy Girard	...	Viktor Tagarov

Autre(s) titre(s):

Human Trafficking (France) [fr]

Durée:

176 min | Germany:89 min (DVD version)

Pays:

Canada | USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Classification:

Spain:18 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Singapore:M18 | New Zealand:R16 (DVD rating)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

For Sale Productions (Muse)

Goofs:

Factual errors: The New York crime scene investigators have the inscription CSI on their jacket, while NYPD CSI is called CSU, for crime scene unit.

Guillemet:

Annie Gray: The mall will never be the same after this.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2006) (TV)

A hard to watch, non-exploitive look at an international shame

I found the movie very compelling as it followed several different story lines, exposing many different facets to the sex trafficking industry. The fact that all these story lines were linked to one king pin running an international organization was pure Hollywood, but it allowed for drama and suspense as he was tracked by the feds. The wrap up and conclusion was also too easy, but again the mission of this film was to educate and spotlight abuse in an entertaining forum. This movie delivered.

On top of this, I especially appreciated the way the graphic scenes were composed. It was hard to watch, ugly, and grotesque. It wasn't played for sex appeal, or lurid fascination. It was ugly. Completely appropriate to the reality of the women, children, and victims of this abuse.