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- 2016
- PG-13
- Matson Films
- 1 h 34 m
- 2016
- PG-13
- Matson Films
- 1 h 34 m
Summary A girl risks everything for freedom after being trafficked from her mountain village in Nepal to a brothel in India.
Directed By: Jeffrey D. Brown
Written By: Joseph Kwong, Jeffrey D. Brown
- 2016
- PG-13
- Matson Films
- 1 h 34 m
- 2016
- PG-13
- Matson Films
- 1 h 34 m
Sold
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Summary A girl risks everything for freedom after being trafficked from her mountain village in Nepal to a brothel in India.
Directed By: Jeffrey D. Brown
Written By: Joseph Kwong, Jeffrey D. Brown
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
49
43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
49
43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Achingly sad and dismayingly familiar.
Colorful and visually pleasing, although there is nothing surprising in the rather predictable story.
The film does an excellent job of letting us inside Lakshmi's physical and emotional experience.
The rest of us will likely fall into one of two camps regarding this well-intentioned film: those who praise it for drawing attention to the suffering of helpless children, and those who find it sufficiently lacking in cinematic value to decide there are better ways of helping those kids than spending 90 minutes watching it.
All the characters are broadly sketched, though well acted. Beyond that, the innate tension of the subject matter — and the shamelessly manipulated emotions — carries the film to its uplifting ending.
It's unfortunate that Brown and company were unable to bring stronger narrative and filmmaking skills to this vital subject.
Sold is maudlin in a way that makes its audience, paradoxically, feel good, albeit superficially. A story of human trafficking should move us on a deeper, more uncomfortable level.
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Production Company
Jaya International
Release Date Apr 1, 2016
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating PG-13
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Awards
Sonoma International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
London Indian Film Festival, UK
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Washington DC South Asian Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
