Trade (2007/I)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Marco Kreuzpaintner

Writers (WGA):

Jose Rivera (screenplay)
Peter Landesman (story) ...

Release Date:

18 October 2007 (Germany)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

You'll pay for this.

Plot:

Adriana is a 13-year-old girl from Mexico City whose kidnapping by sex traffickers sets in motion a desperate mission by her 17-year-old brother...

Plot Keywords:

Mexico | Sex | Mexico City | Auction | Kidnapping

Awards:

5 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Kevin Kline	...	Ray Sheridan
Cesar Ramos	...	Jorge
Alicja Bachleda-Curus	...	Veronika (as Alicja Bachleda)
Paulina Gaitan	...	Adriana
Marco Pérez	...	Manuelo
Linda Emond	...	Patty Sheridan
Zack Ward	...	Alex Green
Kate del Castillo	...	Laura
Tim Reid	...	Hank Jefferson
Pavel Lychnikoff	...	Vadim Youchenko (as Pasha D. Lychnikoff)
Natalia Traven	...	Lupe
Guillermo Iván	...	Alejandro
Christian Vasquez	...	Moncho
José Sefami	...	Don Victor
Leland Pascual	...	Thai Boy

Also Known As:

The Girls Next Door (USA) (working title)
Trade - Willkommen in Amerika (Germany)
Welcome to America (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for disturbing sexual material involving minors, violence including a rape, language and some drug content.

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English | Spanish | Polish | Russian | Arabic

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:16 | Argentina:13 (DVD rating) | Ireland:16 | UK:15 | Chile:14

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Roadside Attractions

Trivia:

Milla Jovovich was going to play Veronica, but backed out of the role.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Jorge logs in to the website you can see the password he enters. This is not common practice on the internet and for over a decade now passwords are no longer visible when entered in a form on a website.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Jorge: Happy birthday, Princess!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-09-29)" (2007)

Very Powerful Film

This film was very powerful, deeply moving and excellently humanized the underground sex slave trade it portrayed. Both my girlfriend and I were near tears watching it. Truly remarkable.

The acting is nothing short of incredible, I really felt for everyone involved from Adriana's helpless brown eyes, to Jorge's honorable vigilance and and Kevin Kline's tempered patience.

The worst part of seeing this film was realizing that every day people get away with this kind of thing and the real victim's stories will never be told.

Warning for parents, some of the scenes are pretty difficult to sit through.