Trade (film)
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| Directed by | Marco Kreuzpaintner |
| Produced by |
Roland Emmerich Rosilyn Heller |
| Screenplay by | Jose Rivera |
| Story by |
Peter Landesman Jose Rivera |
| Based on | "The Girls Next Door" by Peter Landesman |
| Starring |
Kevin Kline Cesar Ramos Paulina Gaitán Alicja Bachleda-Curus |
| Music by | Leonardo Heiblum Jacabo Lieberman |
| Cinematography | Daniel Gottschalk |
| Edited by | Hansjörg Weißbrich |
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Roadside Attractions Lionsgate |
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120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Spanish Polish Russian |
| Box office | $1,455,890 |
Trade is a 2007 American 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.
In a poor family in Mexico City, Adriana (Paulina Gaitán) celebrates her 13th birthday, and is happy about the bicycle her 17-year-old brother Jorge (Cesar Ramos) gives her. Their mother suspects Jorge has got the money for the present in a dishonest way, and forbids Adriana to ride it. Indeed, Jorge lures a tourist into a quiet street pretending to bring him to a prostitute, and with two friends rob the man by threatening him with guns. After the tourist complies, the three carry out a mock execution, revealing that the guns are only water guns.
About same time, Veronica (Alicja Bachleda), a young woman from Poland, arrives at the airport together with a girlfriend, where they are met by a group who had promised to get them to Los Angeles, but instead they're, in fact, being kidnapped, and when they realize this, in a struggle to get away, the friend is hit and killed by a car.
Against her mother's order, Adriana sneaks out to ride her new bike. When she notices a car following her, she tries to get away, but is captured and taken to the place where Veronica, several Latin American women, and a young Thai boy are also kept. The gang leader pushes Veronica to bed as his henchman begins to videotape. Veronica tries to fight back but is overpowered. As Veronica is being raped, she flashes back and realizes how the traders had conspired and arranged the entire trip, to sell her into sexual slavery.
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