Seven women trade their bodies for passports — one smuggles hope itself.
7 young women from Eastern Europe accept to become prostitutes for a year in exchange for a journey that will take them from Belgrade to Marseilles and provide them with a French passport. Irina, a worker from a Moscow suburb, brings along Enki, her young son, hidden among her luggage. She's ready to do anything to give him a brighter future.
Acting
Non-professional cast brings devastating authenticity to impossible choices.
Direction
Jean's documentary background makes fiction feel like surveillance footage.
Director
Jean-Claude Jean
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jean-Claude Jean spent three years researching trafficking routes, casting women he met in shelters — several used real names.
Released same year EU expanded eastward, the film was buried in distribution — too uncomfortable for the 'united Europe' narrative.
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