Human Trafficking 

Hundreds of thousands of young women have vanished from their everyday lives-forced by violence into a hellish existence of brutality and prostitution. They're a profitable commodity in the... See full summary »

Stars:

Lynne Adams, Zoe Aggeliki, Isabelle Blais

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 7 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Lynne Adams	...	Ellen 4 episodes, 2005
Zoe Aggeliki	...	Susan Tagarov 4 episodes, 2005
Isabelle Blais	...	Helena 4 episodes, 2005
Céline Bonnier	...	Sophie 4 episodes, 2005
David Boutin	...	Frederick 4 episodes, 2005
Emma Campbell	...	Samantha 4 episodes, 2005
Robert Carlyle	...	Sergei 4 episodes, 2005
Dawn Ford	...	Helena's Aunt 4 episodes, 2005
Rémy Girard	...	Viktor 4 episodes, 2005
Anna Hopkins	...	Katerina 4 episodes, 2005
Mark Antony Krupa	...	Andrei 4 episodes, 2005
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse	...	Annie 4 episodes, 2005
Laurence Leboeuf	...	Nadia 4 episodes, 2005
Michael Sorvino	...	Mischa 4 episodes, 2005
Mira Sorvino	...	Kate 4 episodes, 2005
Donald Sutherland	...	Meehan 4 episodes, 2005
Vlasta Vrana	...	Tommy 4 episodes, 2005

Storyline

Hundreds of thousands of young women have vanished from their everyday lives-forced by violence into a hellish existence of brutality and prostitution. They're a profitable commodity in the multi-billion-dollar industry of modern slavery. The underworld calls them human traffic...

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Plot Keywords:

ice | slave | brutality | conspiracy | underworld | 

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Taglines:

Innocence lost. Justice found.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Lifetime TV

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 October 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Human Trafficking

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

For Sale Productions (Muse), Mel's Cite du Cinema, Muse Entertainment Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

176 min 89 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Several actors have doubled themselves in the French version so Isabelle Blais, Céline Bonnier, Rémy Girard, & Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse.

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Goofs

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. Chisinau is the capital of Moldavia, a country near Russia, when in fact it is said that she comes from Moscow, Russia having demanded a Russian email address.

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Quotes

Customs Agent Bill Meehan: [addressing a news conference on TV] An ounce of cocaine, wholesale...
Kate Morozov: [to Mischa, as they watch the news report on TV] That's my boss.
Customs Agent Bill Meehan: $1200. But you can only sell it once. A woman, or a child, $50 to $1000, but you can sell them each day, every day, over and over and over again. The markup is immeasurable. Human trafficking, ladies and gentlemen, is the business of the future for crime organization.

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Connections

Referenced in Everybody's Movie (2006)

User Reviews

A hard to watch, non-exploitive look at an international shame

I found the movie very compelling as it followed several different story lines, exposing many different facets to the sex trafficking industry. The fact that all these story lines were linked to one king pin running an international organization was pure Hollywood, but it allowed for drama and suspense as he was tracked by the feds. The wrap up and conclusion was also too easy, but again the mission of this film was to educate and spotlight abuse in an entertaining forum. This movie delivered.

On top of this, I especially appreciated the way the graphic scenes were composed. It was hard to watch, ugly, and grotesque. It wasn't played for sex appeal, or lurid fascination. It was ugly. Completely appropriate to the reality of the women, children, and victims of this abuse.