For a film thats brutally honest about human trafficking try Promised Land
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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