Irish Feature Trafficked to be Released in Selected Cinemas
The Irish feature film Trafficked, written and directed by Ciaran O'Connor, will open in select Irish cinemas from today Friday 21st May.
Trafficked, which stars Ruth Negga (Breakfast on Pluto, Isolation) and Karl Shiels (Eden), tells the harrowing story of a young Africa girl, Taiwo, who is smuggled into Dublin, hoping to start a new life.
Taiwo soon finds she is trapped in the seedy world of drugs and enforced prostitution, and makes a desperate bid for freedom. However she is hunted down by a petty thief and conman, Keely, who on kidnapping her, decides to tell nobody of his catch and brings the girl home. An unlikely and at times naive relationship develops between a victim and a perpetrator that is based on economic necessity and ultimately emotional fragility.
This film noir drama was produced by Nuala Cunningham, Ciarán O'Connor and Linda Cardiff for Stoney Road Films and New Decade, with Simon Hudson (Behind the Desert Wall) as Executive Producer and was financed by the Irish Film Board.
Critics have responded well to the film with the Irish Times quoting "Ruth Negga is genuinely electric" and "Strong cast, visual imagination and narrative flair" from the Event Guide.
Trafficked can be seen in selected cinemas including Cineworld, Parnell Street, The Screen in D'Olier Street, Dun Laoghaire, Rathmines, Cork Omniplex, Mahon and Galway Omniplex from Friday 21st May.