Trade of Innocents (2012)
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In the back streets of a tourist town in present-day Southeast Asia, we find a filthy cinder block room; a bed with soiled sheets; a little girl waits for the next man. Alex (Dermot Mulroney), a human trafficking investigator, plays the role of her next customer as he negotiates with the pimp for… More In the back streets of a tourist town in present-day Southeast Asia, we find a filthy cinder block room; a bed with soiled sheets; a little girl waits for the next man. Alex (Dermot Mulroney), a human trafficking investigator, plays the role of her next customer as he negotiates with the pimp for the use of the child. Claire (Mira Sorvino), Alex's wife, is caught up in the flow of her new life in Southeast Asia and her role as a volunteer in an aftercare shelter for rescued girls where lives of local neighborhood girl's freedoms and dignity are threatened. Parallel story lines intertwine and unfold twists against the backdrop of the dangerous human trafficking world, in a story of struggle, life, hope and redemption in the Trade of Innocents. -- (C) Official Sites
- Directed By
- Christopher Bessette
- Written By
- Christopher Bessette
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Oct 5, 2012 Limited
- Studio
- Monterey Media
Critic Reviews
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Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
The film fills up its hour-and-a-half harmlessly enough, but nothing's really memorable. Which is rather, bitterly, ironic.
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Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
The movie screams of a low budget and pedestrian vision ...
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Yes, child trafficking is horrific; but embedding your raise-the-alarm mission in a film this inept runs the risk of arousing more amusement than activism.
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Marsha McCreadie, Village Voice
Not for the first time in films, noble intent is at odds with aesthetics.
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Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service
A middling thriller wrapped around a compelling lecture about the child sex trade in Southeast Asia...
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Cast
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Dermot Mulroney
as Alex Becker
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Mira Sorvino
as Claire Becker
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John Billingsley
as Malcolm Eddery
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Trieu Tran
as Duke
- Jirantanin Pitakporntrakul
- Vithaya Pansringarm
- Kieu Chinh
- Jonathan Isgar
