Fans of Giuseppe Tornatore's heartwarming CINEMA PARADISO (1988), may be taken aback by this thriller about sex trafficking, black-market babies, murder and vengeance.
Ukrainian prostitute Irina Yaroshenko (Xenia Rappoport) has escaped her sadistic pimp, Mold (Michele Placido), and relocated to Trieste, where she begins looking for the kind of menial work available to foreigners. But there's something odd about her job search: She doesn't seem to need to work. She wants to work in the luxury apartment building across the street from the rundown but desirably located apartment she's renting. She worms her way into the good graces of concierge Ma...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
118 mins