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Synopsis: 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 Ne
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Marco Kreuzpaintner
Production: Roadside Attractions
  5 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
42
Rotten Tomatoes:
31%
R
Year:
2007
120 min
$118,086
Website
218 Views


Here are a lot of scoundrels.

Really, how about the officer?

Probably.

Come here, stand right there.

Pose.

Pose, like a cover girl for a magazine.

Pose, and smile damn it!

Do it right,

I understand!

I understand!

What the f***?

Don't stop now! Sh*t...

F***ing sh*t!

It's good, yes?

You must to eat.

Mommy no eat.

Hey, mommy.

I don't know when, but one day you'll suffer

from the same cruelty, you've been giving us.

F***ing communists.

Sure it was hard, yes?

Devil's communists.

Can I use your phone please?

Sure, you can make a call.

Hello?

Who is it?

Hello? Why?

Why?

Hello?

Everybody down!

Stay down! Stay down!

We're on the border.

Be careful.

Good luck, let's go.

What?

Well, we made it across

Shut your mouth or your

family will end up dead.

Police!

Hands up! Don't move!

Ray, is it you?

Hi, honey.

What's going on?

Where are you?

I'm in Juarez.

I'll be home tomorrow.

How is Ramona doing?

Not so good,

I had to take her to the Vet again.

What you're doing in Juarez?

Nothing really, get some sleep.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Delivering a speech from the oval office, the President

emphasized the importance of security at the border

Now it's a 1.9 billion dollar

campaign to tighten border security.

He hopes to win the backing from conservatives

to overhaul the immigration laws.

And plans to order thousands

of troups to the Mexican border.

Welcome back, sir.

Thank you

Open the gate.

As you can see.

Bring in the next - The following.

You, you and you!

Sir! Sir!

What you want?

We've been kidnapped!

We're kidnapped.

Yeah yeah right.

Sit back down.

Children, you're welcome to walk around,

you'll meet your teacher back here in 30 minutes.

So, we shall begin.

Everybody fallow me.

What will happen to them?

They'll send them back to Mexico,

and release them.

Most of them will cross

the border again tomorrow.

Hello, I'm a student from

El Paso High

I study spanish and my teacher is Mr. Perez,

And for four hours we do public service.

I'm also part Spanish.

Here, I hope you like it.

Vehicle 174, you should

make the border by 5:30.

Copy that, be there in three minutes.

Hey! Hey! Hold...

What are you doing in my trunk?

How did you get in?

When did you get in?

In Juarez!

Juarez?

I had to get across the border, man!

You took the wrong ride, dude.

Hey!

Get in the car!

In the car!

Sit down!

Open it!

Open it!

Hey... hey...

Do not move.

Where are we going?

Going to the Police.

F***!

You broke the law, son.

And you got real unlucky, because I'm a cop.

F*** that!

Watch your language in my car.

Fasten your seat belt.

What?

Your belt!

Put it on!

All right!

Watch your language.

I did!

Look Mr... you can't take me to the police.

Well I have to.

They'll send me back,

I got to stay here!

I'm looking for my little sister!

She was kidnapped!

I'm not kidding, man!

Sure.

My little sister she's just 13!

They took her in Mexico city, and I followed

them all the way up to that house in Juarez!

What house?

You know the house,

you were there.

Please, Mr... I need to get to New Jersey?

Why New Jersey?

To find her!

It's my fault she got taken!

If your a cop?

Why can't you help me?

I not that kind of cop.

And why should I believe you anyway.

If your telling the truth,

the police will help you.

Sure the will the f***ing police!

This isn't Mexico.

Yeah right,

like the cops are so different here!

They'll do nothing but send me back,

then my sister will be here all alone!

Don't you understand?

They will do something terrible to her!

She is pure!

She never...

All right!

I get it!

So what you gonna do?

Go to the police.

I hate liars.

Forgive me, last time we had some problem.

This time I am more informed.

Stay back, let me take a look.

- Fine

Yes, yes okay!

Quiet... get down!

Get down, down!

Please god help me!

All right, they're gone.

Let's go! Move it.

Sacred Virgin, Sacred Maiden,

please hear my prayer...

The Lord be with you,

and blessed are thee...

Forgive me for what I have done...

Sacred Mary, Sacred Virgin,

pray for us sinners...

Can I help you ma'am?

Somebody broke in.

The back was door was locked.

My husband is out of town,

and we moved in recently.

Can somebody come out to the house...

Sure ma'am.

We'll get an officer out there right the way.

Your name ma'am?

Ms. Bjukenen, your address?

Do not move.

We'll try to get somebody

out there right the way

Sorry to interrupt.

I need to see your Commanding Officer.

I got a boy here,

he says his sister been kidnapped.

Which boy?

Come here.

Where're you going?

New Jersey, I told you.

If you're going to I

you're going the wrong direction.

It is that way.

You just gonna take me back to the cops.

No, I won't

Listen, if your sister is in New Jersey,

I know someone there,

who might be able to help us.

Us!

A guy I went to the academy

with he's a good man.

Come on we should try to see him.

Is it far away from here?

It's a little out of the way,

but... I'll take you.

Why should I trust you?

I don't think you a have choice.

Come on.

Please change the music.

You don't like that?

Put your seat belt on.

What for, it's stupid.

Middle of the damn day?

Don't do it again stupid.

You think the cops taking a nap?

Are you crazy?

That ain't bad.

We are here, aren't we?

And I'm not crazy.

Hurry, hurry, let's go!

Pick up a knot! Move!

You got a name?

I thought, even Mexicans have name's.

F***!

What's your problem?

Jorge, please to meet you Jorge.

I'm Ray.

How come you speak english so well?

I work in tourist industry.

Put your foot down!

My god!

What's the big deal!

The car can be cleaned!

Exactly.

That's yours now.

So... how come you there

in that house in Juarez?

Private investigation.

What kind of investigation Ray,

It's private.

That means I don't want to talk about it.

Why not?

Because I don't!

Oh, Jesus!

Why you getting so pissed off?

We got to find a rest stop.

When's the last time you took a shower?

What?

If you haven't noticed it, you stink.

Stop here, we'll make some real

good pocket change off of this

They're not real busy yet.

You stay with the rest of them.

You, come here.

No!

Take me!

Let her go.

Take me!

Hey! Let her go!

Take me!

She's really scared, don't take her,

let me go instead,

Veronica!

You will be called Princess,

that's your new name

But no f***ing this one.

I have to keep her a real virgin.

How much?

$80.00

I'm a virgin.

It's only 14 more kilometers.

Patty is something wrong?

Why?

How's Ramona?

The Vet had to put her to sleep.

When?

This afternoon.

If you've taken your God-Damn cell phone

with you, I could have reached you.

I'm so sorry Patty.

It's good to hear that.

It's really good to hear that.

Patty?

I can't talk anymore Ray.

Good night.

Let's eat.

Who's Ramona?

It's our cat.

You have a cat?

Yeah, people do have pets, you know.

I hate cats.

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