Human Trafficking (2005) (TV)

Director:

Christian Duguay

Writers (WGA):

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

Release Date:

24 October 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

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

Cast

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

Runtime:

176 min | Germany:89 min (DVD version)

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

For Sale Productions (Muse)

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When the ICE officer in disguise checks in at the airport you can clearly see on the monitor of the customs officer that it is written Chisinau and "Albastri". Chisinau is the capital of Moldavia (albastri being Romanian for blue), a country near Russia, when in fact it is said that she comes from Moscow, Russia having demanded a Russian email address.

Quotes:

Customs Agent Bill Meehan: He slapped her!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Being Sergei Karpovich (2006) (V)

Good movie, sad reality

When I see something like this, I feel bad being a human being. I'm ashamed of what people of my own race can do. Even animals don't behave like this. But we all know it, do we? Though I was aware of such terrible things happening in the world today, it was a scary experience to watch a three hours movie about it. What is this movie about? The title says all. It's about people who make millions of dollars by exploiting children, teenagers and young women. It's about people who own people. Everyone should watch it to know how bad things still are in our modern and ''civilized'' society. The movie is very good, and though it's long you never get bored. All the actors do a great job and the direction is good too. There's a lot of suspense. Some scenes are very hard to watch but they are necessary. There is no graphic violence and sexual abuse directly shown on screen. What you see is all you need to know what's going on and you wouldn't wanna see more. Highly recommended!