For a film thats brutally honest about human trafficking try Promised Land
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Swzki — 11 years ago(May 20, 2014 03:05 PM)
I refuse to believe that there is anything better than Lilja 4-Ever. I think even if I watch a thousand films this one will stay in my heart for all eternity. Haha.
Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I am not the original poster but I didn't know even half of these films and I will try to watch them all.
I am not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but "The 400 Blows" is also kind of depressing, although I didn't cry at the end. It deals with parental neglect just like Lilja 4-Ever. There is also "J'ai tu ma mre" which I could relate to, and it's also very emotional. I'm a very sensitive person and I tend to have lots of feelings while watching something. Be it either sadness, disgust, happiness, or whatever.
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daxisunder — 11 years ago(September 08, 2014 12:49 PM)
Try this one,"Sestre" (means Sisters)
http://www.imdb.com/board/11797491/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4
,Serbian movie with a same theme of human trafficking.I found it even better than Lilya,but I'm probably biased being from the same area as the Sisters. -
thepixinator — 11 years ago(December 14, 2014 09:40 AM)
I would recommend for bleak realism:
Pixote [1981] The life of a boy in the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with little crimes, prostitution, etc. See the film before googling the life of the child actor.
Mystic River [2003] "With a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, three men are reunited by circumstance when one loses a daughter." Dark AND depressing. But very good.
Whores' Glory [20110] An examination of the lives, needs, troubles and hopes of prostitutes in Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico. This is the anti-Pretty Woman.
Other people recommend Irreversible but I found it to be "gore porn" (exaggerated violence for its own sake and a simplistic revenge-based plot). Just my humble opinion.A life lived in fear is a life half-lived
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natamity — 11 years ago(December 20, 2014 10:12 PM)
'Bastard Out Of Carolina' is bound to have you in tears of upset and/or rage:
http://www.imdb.com/board/10115633/?ref_=nv_sr_1