Summary:
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, Jorge, to save her. Trapped and terrified by an underground network of international thugs who earn millions exploiting their human cargo, Adriana's only friend and protector throughout her ordeal is Veronica, a young Polish woman tricked into the trade by the same criminal gang. As Jorge dodges immigration officers and incredible obstacles to track the girls' abductors, he meets Ray, a Texas cop whose own family loss to sex trafficking leads him to become an ally in the boy's quest. Fighting with courage and hard-tested faith, the characters of Trade negotiate their way through the unspeakable terrain of the sex trade "tunnels" between Mexico and the United States. From the barrios of Mexico City and the treacherous Rio Grande border, to a secret Internet sex slave auction and the final climactic confrontation at a stash house in suburban New Jersey, Ray and Jorge forge a close bond as they give desperate chase to Adriana's kidnappers before she is sold and disappears forever into this brutal global underworld, a place from which few victims ever return.
| Runtime: | 120 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for disturbing sexual material involving minors, violence including a rape, language and some drug content. |
| Production: | Lionsgate |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
| Countries: | USA, Germany |
| Languages: | English, Spanish, Russian, Polish |
| Home Release Date: | Jan 29, 2008 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Marco Kreuzpaintner | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Jose Rivera | Story |
| Peter Landesman | Story |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Kevin Kline | Ray Sheridan |
| Paulina Gaitan | Adriana |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Alicja Bachleda | Veronika |
| Cesar Ramos | Jorge |
| Christian Vasquez | Moncho |
| Guillermo Iván | Alejandro |
| Jose Sefami | Don Victor |
| Kate del Castillo | Laura |
| Leland Pascual | Thai Boy |
| Linda Emond | Patty Sheridan |
| Marco Pérez | Manuelo |
| Natalia Traven | Lupe |
| Pasha D. Lychnikoff | Vadim Youchenko |
| Tim Reid | Hank Jefferson |
| Zack Ward | Alex Green |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Amanda DiGiulio | Co-Producer |
| Andreas Grosch | Executive Producer |
| Andreas Schmid | Co-Producer |
| Ashok Amritraj | Executive Producer |
| Jakob Claussen | Co-Producer |
| Lars Sylvest | Executive Producer |
| Mariano Carranco | Line Producer: Mexico |
| Michael Wimer | Executive Producer |
| Nick Hamson | Executive Producer |
| Oswald von Richthofen | Co-Producer |
| Patty Long | Line Producer: New Mexico |
| Peter Landesman | Executive Producer |
| Robert Leger | Executive Producer |
| Roland Emmerich | Producer |
| Rosilyn Heller | Producer |
| Thomas Wöbke | Co-Producer |
| Tom Ortenberg | Executive Producer |
| Ulrike Putz | Co-Producer |
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