TRADE
synopsis
When 13-year-old Adriana is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico City, her 17-year-old brother, Jorge, sets off on a desperate mission to save her. Trapped by an underground network of international thugs who earn millions exploiting their human cargo, Adriana's only friend throughout her ordeal is Veronica, a young Polish woman captured by the same criminal gang. As Jorge dodges overwhelming obstacles to track the girl's abductors, he meets Ray, a Texas cop whose own family loss leads him to become an ally.
international title: | Trade |
original title: | Trade - Wilkommen in Amerika |
country: | Germany, United States |
sales agent: | Hyde Park Films (USA) |
year: | 2007 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Marco Kreuzpaintner |
release date: | DE 18/10/2007, NL 18/10/2007, BE 21/11/2007 |
cast: | Kevin Kline, Cesar Ramos, Alicja Bachleda, Paulina Gaitán, Marco Pérez, Linda Emond |
cinematography by: | Daniel Gottschalk |
art director: | Bernt Amadeus Capra |
costumes designer: | Carol Oditz |
music: | Leonardo Heiblum, Jacobo Lieberman |
producer: | Roland Emmerich, Rosilyn Heller |
production: | Centropolis Entertainment (USA), VIP 4 Medienfonds, Claussen+Wöbke+Putz Filmproduktion GmbH |
backing: | FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB), Filmfoerderungsanstalt (FFA) Berlin) |
distributor: | 20th Century Fox Germany GmbH, Lionsgate (UK) |