Viko (2009)
Former Yugoslavia. 1997. 17 year old VIKO shares a squalid, cramped apartment with his family, all struggling for survival. His only joy is with his girlfriend LILA, and their dream of escaping to London. When his older brother, IVAN, finally offers him some black market work, that dream suddenly seems within reach. Enlisted as a driver for his brother, Viko hopes to make his money and go. But instead, Viko is drawn into a web of sex-trafficking, when he is forced to stand in for a 'disappeared' member of the gang. Overnight, he is brought into the belly of an organization he might never escape. And into a role from which he may never recover. The story of a boy's induction into a sex-trafficking ring, VIKO explores the devastating effect of violence on victim and perpetrator alike.
Director: Larysa Kondracki
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Luke Treadaway as Viko |
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Sergej Trifunović as Ivan |
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Kristina Malota as Lila |
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Rayisa Kondracki as Raya |
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Adi Spektor as Tanjo |
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Ivana Augustine as Katarina |
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Natasha Blasick as Katya |
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Andres De La Fuente as Market teen |
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Christine DiTillio as Halyna |
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Sasha Golberg as Market teen |
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Amelia M. Gotham as Market teen |
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Christopher Haskell as Crazy Grandfather |
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Tina Ivlev as Lara |
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Rachel Kanouse as Tanya |
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Milena Lukich as Mika |
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Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper as Roman |
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Val Morrison as Vlad |
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Wes Robertson as Ihor |
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Sean Rogers as Petro |
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Drew Rosen as Daughter |
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Natalie Shapiro as Market teen |
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Arthur Victoryan as Market teen |
| Editing | Darrin Navarro | Editor |
| Directing | Larysa Kondracki | Director |
| Writing | Nadia Benamara | Writer |
| Writing | Larysa Kondracki | Writer |
| Camera | Tobias Datum | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Masanobu Takayanagi | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Onnalee Blank | Original Music Composer |
