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Mood:
- BleakDisturbingSuspensefulTenseRough
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Plot:
- Track DownSexual AbuseSocial DecayConfinedCrimesLife is a BitchDaring RescueKidnapping more...
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Genres:
- CrimeDramaThriller
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- Urban
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Praise:
- Award Winner
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Based on:
- Based on Article
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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- Brief NudityDrugs/AlcoholProfanitySexual ContentViolent Content
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Trade, 2007
English, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Arabic
Germany, USA
Profile of Trade
The mood of Trade is disturbing, bleak, and tense. The plot centers around sexual abuse, social decay, and tracking someone down. It is a drama, thriller, and crime movie. In approach, Trade is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in an urban environment. It happens in contemporary times. Trade is inspired by an article. The movie is known for being an award winner. Note that it includes brief nudity, drugs/alcohol, and sexual content.
Summary of Trade
At once soft-hearted and hard-edged, TRADE provides a compassionate look at an ugly world. In Mexico City, men kidnap13-year-old Adriana (Paulina Gaitan) with the intent of selling her virginity to the highest bidder. Young Polish beauty Veronica (Alicja Bachleda) is held captive by the same men, and they threaten her young son across the ocean. As the criminals mistreat their victims, Veronica is Adriana's only solace as she is taken farther and farther away from home. Meanwhile, Adriana's older brother, Jorge (Cesar Ramos), begins to track his sister across the Mexican border into Texas and through the United States. On his mission, he runs into a Texas cop named Ray (Kevin Kline) who agrees to help him without ever really saying why.
TRADE isn't escapist fare: it's a socially conscious film that doesn't flinch from the most painful of details about the sex trade. There's rape, pedophilia, and suicide, and the film doesn't look away or glance over the horrors. This is German director Marco Kreuzpainter's first film on these shores, but he works like an assured veteran. After working for decades in the film industry, Kline is often most highly praised for his work in comedies such as DAVE and A FISH CALLED WANDA, but he's quite adept in this serious drama. Young actors Ramos and Gaitan are making their major feature debut with TRADE, but they both communicate the fear and frustration of their characters with remarkable skill.
Details
| Language: | English, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Arabic |
| Country: | Germany, USA |
| Release date: | 23 January 2007 |
| Runtime: | 120 min |
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as Ray Sheridan
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- by: Patrick
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- 24.March.2009
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