Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an international conspiracy that is determined to stop her, no matter the cost.
Rachel Weisz
Kathryn Bolkovac
Vanessa Redgrave
Madeleine Rees
Monica Bellucci
Laura Leviani
David Strathairn
Peter Ward
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Jan Van Der Velde
Benedict Cumberbatch
Nick Kaufman
Liam Cunningham
Bill Hines
Paula Schramm
Luba
David Hewlett
Fred Murray
William Hope
Blakely
Luke Treadaway
Jim Higgins
Alexandru Potocean
Viko
Rayisa Kondracki
Irka
Jeanette Hain
Halyna
Sergej Trifunović
Ivan
Vlad Ivanov
Tanjo
Alin Panc
Roman
Danny John-Jules
Duke
Pilou Asbæk
Bas
Paul Jerricho
Tim Sebastian
Stuart Graham
McVeigh
Roxana Condurache
Raya
Coca Bloos
Milena
Anna Schafer
Zoe
Anca Androne
Zenia
Florin Busuioc
Danik
Victoria Raileanu
Julia
Dorotheea Petre
Mara
Rosabell Laurenti Sellers
Erin
Roxana Guttman
Zlata Sehik
Alexandra Radescu
Tanya
Cristina Cristian
Fadila
Adriana Butoi
Marie
Catherine McNally
Cop
Geoffrey Pounsett
UN Security Guard
Radu Bânzaru
Barman
Mihai Ghior
Intern
Sabrina Iaschevici
17-Year-Old Girl
Ion Sapdaru
Border Guard
Ionut Grama
Human Rights Worker
Bryan Jardine
Judge Twiss
Erwin Simsensohn
Drunk IPTF Officer
Director, Writer
Larysa Kondracki
Story Consultant
Kathryn Bolkovac
Writer
Eilis Kirwan
January 20, 2023
8
**A good human drama, full of qualities.**
I really enjoyed this film, which is a powerful and poignant drama set in the years after the Bosnian War. Under the cover of peacekeeping operations in this country, marked by ethnic tensions and the scars of a fratricidal war, an American police force ends up discovering the involvement of military and UN employees in a vast scheme of trafficking in women for sexual exploitation. She exposes what's going on, but she has no way of knowing anyone's true loyalties, and most of the big culprits are safe behind powerful diplomatic immunities sanctioned by New York.
I don't know, as well as I would like, the real facts behind the action of the film. What I do know is that the real Kathryn Bolkovac sued the firm she worked for being wrongly dismissed, and won after denouncing the criminal wrongdoing she encountered. But regardless of that, it is a good film and entertains its audience very well, with a touching and engaging story, which Larysa Kondracki knew how to use well.
Rachel Weisz gives us a very strong and intense performance, her dramatic work being a key point in making the film work. The film also features quality work from David Strathairn and veterans Vanessa Redgrave and Monica Bellucci. With good cinematography, good costumes and sets and an effective soundtrack, the film also has good production values and some scenes are quite strong and difficult to see.