Trade
Trade is a 2007 drama film directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner and starring Kevin Kline. It was produced by Roland Emmerich and Rosilyn Heller. The film premiered January 23, 2007, at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and opened in limited release on September 28, 2007. It is based on Peter Landesman's article "The Girls Next Door" about sex slaves, which was featured as the cover story in the January 24, 2004, issue of The New York Times Magazine.
Plot
The film follows two people who are kidnapped by an international sexual slavery gang in Mexico City. Adriana (Gaitán), a 13-year-old local girl, is captured while riding her bike. Veronica (Bachleda), a young woman from Poland, is kidnapped upon arriving at the airport. She soon realizes that the whole trip was orchestrated by the gang. They are held along with some Latin American women and a young Thai boy.
More details
author | Peter Landesman |
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contentLocation | New Jersey Texas |
director | Marco Kreuzpaintner |
editor | Hansjörg Weißbrich |
genre | action drama |
keywords | border patrol capture ciudad juárez criminal organization estranged daughter gang member happen internet auction juárez jump kidnap latin america lose mexico city phone call rid search sex slave sibling young boy young woman |
musicBy | Jacabo Lieberman Leonardo Heiblum |
producer | Roland Emmerich |
productionCompany | Centropolis Entertainment |
publisher | 20th Century Fox Lionsgate Roadside Attractions |
recordedAt | New Jersey New Mexico |
theme | dance human trafficking road movie |