original title:
Transe
directed by:
cast:
Ana Moreira, Vitor Rakov, Robinson Stévenin, Iaia Forte, Filippo Timi, Andrey Chadov, Dinara Drukarova, Ronaldo Bonacchi, Pedro Giestas, Eunice Gomes
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
costume design:
producer:
Paulo Branco, Paolo Maria Spina, Andrey Deryabin
production:
Revolver, Clap Filmes, Gemini Films, Madragoa Filmes, The Hermitage Bridge Studio
country:
Italy/France/Portugal/Russia
year:
2006
film run:
126'
format:
35mm - colour
aspect ratio:
1.66:1
sound:
Dolby SRD
festivals & awards:
This is the story of Sonia, a young woman who abandons her family and herboy friend in Saint Petersburg and decides to leave without looking back. Sonia lives in the illusion of a new life, but she enters the hell of those to whom life has nothing to offer. She crosses Europe, from Russia to Portugal, and experiences all the misery and degradation of human trafficking and exploitation.