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9/18/06On September 12, Santiago Amigorena, Emmanuelle Béart, Juliette Binoche, Dany Boon, Costa Gavras, Robert Guédiguian, Camila Guzmán Urzúa, Nader Takmil Homayoun, Zeka Laplaine, Laurent Herbiet, Patrice... | Director : Teresa VillaverdeActors : Anna Moreira, Dinara Droukarova, Robinson Stévenin, Iaia Forte, Andrey Chadov, Filippo Timi, Viktor RakovFeature film, Fiction , DramaProduction language : Russian, Czech, German, Portuguese, Italian Nationality : Minority French (Portugal, Italy) French release : 12/27/06 Runtime : 2h 6mn Current status : Released Official website : www.clapfilmes.pt/transe/Co-production : Gemini FilmsFilm export/Foreign Sales : Gemini Films Synopsis This is the story of Sonia, a young woman in her early twenties, who decides to leave her boyfriend and family in Saint Petersburg, without looking back.
Sonia is under the illusion that a new life will be offered to her; instead she will experience the hell of those for whom life seems to have nothing to offer.
Her long, hard journey across Europe leads through Germany, then Italy, and ends up at the extreme opposite, Portugal. Sonia will endure all the misery and degradation engendered by the trafficking and exploitation of the weakest.
This is a story of another Europe...
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