Trade (film)

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Trade
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	Marco Kreuzpaintner
Produced by	Roland Emmerich Rosilyn Heller
Written by	Peter Landesman (story based on his article) Jose Rivera (story & screenplay)
Starring	Kevin Kline Cesar Ramos Paulina Gaitan Alicja Bachleda-Curuś
Music by	Jacabo Lieberman
Cinematography	Daniel Gottschalk
Distributed by	Lions Gate Films Centropolis Entertainment
Release date(s)	August 31, 2007 (USA)
Running time	119 mins.
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	$12,000,000 (estimated)
IMDb profile

Trade is a 2007 film produced by Roland Emmerich, directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner and starring Kevin Kline. The film is scheduled for release on April 13th, 2007. It is based on Peter Landesman's article about sex slaves, which was featured as the cover story in the January 24, 2004 issue of New York Times Magazine.

[edit] Synopsis

Jorge (Cesar Ramos), a 17-year-old boy from Mexico, must illegally sneak into the United States in a desperate attempt to rescue his younger sister Adriana (Paulina Gaitan) after she is kidnapped by sex traffickers. In Texas, he meets a cop named Ray (Kline), and the two forge a close bond as they continue on the quest to rescue Adriana before she and her friend Veronica (Alicja Bachleda-Curuś) fall victim to the international underground of the sex trade forever.