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Eden (2012)

Eden poster
Directed by
Megan Griffiths
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
R
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 232 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman is kidnapped and forced into a domestic human trafficking ring. The film follows her struggle to survive and find a way to escape her captors.

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What happens

Eden (Abduction of Eden) is a 2012 American drama film about human trafficking. It was directed by Megan Griffiths, who co-wrote the screenplay with Richard B. Phillips and stars Jamie Chung, Matt O'Leary and Beau Bridges. The film was produced by Colin Harper Plank and Jacob Mosler through Plank's Centripetal Films production company. It was inspired by the story of Chong Kim, who claims that she was kidnapped and sold into a domestic human trafficking ring in the mid 1990s. It had its world premiere at the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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