Human Trafficking (miniseries)
''Human Trafficking'' is a television miniseries about an American Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent going undercover to stop an organization from trafficking people, and shows the struggles of three trafficked women. It premiered in the United States on Lifetime Television on October 24 and 25, 2005, and was broadcast in Canada on Citytv on January 2 and 3, 2006. It stars Mira Sorvino, Donald Sutherland, Rémy Girard, and Robert Carlyle. Plot In Prague, Czech Republic, single mother Helena ( Isabelle Blais) is seduced by a successful, handsome man and travels with him to spend a weekend in Vienna, Austria. He then sells her to a human trafficking ring and she is brought to New York City to work as a sex slave. In Kyiv, Ukraine, sixteen-year-old Nadia ( Laurence Leboeuf) enters a modelling competition, without her father's knowledge. She is selected by the bogus model agency to travel to New York with the other selected candidates, where she is forced into a life of sexu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the Epic poetry, epic and the Lyric poetry, lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics (Aristotle), Poetics'' ()—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Ancient Greek, Greek word meaning "deed" or "Action (philosophy), act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional Genre, generic division between Comedy (drama), comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''Play (theatre), play'' or ''game'' (translating the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city and state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has Austrians, a population of around 9 million. The area of today's Austria has been inhabited since at least the Paleolithic, Paleolithic period. Around 400 BC, it was inhabited by the Celts and then annexed by the Roman Empire, Romans in the late 1st century BC. Christianization in the region began in the 4th and 5th centuries, during the late Western Roman Empire, Roman period, followed by the arrival of numerous Germanic tribes during the Migration Period. A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David Boutin (actor)
David Boutin (born November 12, 1969) is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the 2000 film '' Hochelaga'', for which he won the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 3rd Jutra Awards in 2001. ''Northern Stars''. His other credits have included the films '' (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)'', '' The Long Winter (Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore)'', '' [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lynne Adams
Lynne Adams (born ) is an American actress and writer. Early years Adams is the daughter of Rosalind (née Gould), an actress, and Robert K. Adams, a producer, actor (noted for his appearances on '' The Goldbergs'' and '' Your Family and Mine''), and former vice president of CBS, as well as a descendant of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. She is the older sister of actress Brooke Adams. She graduated from the Professional Children's School in New York City in 1965. Career Adams was an apprentice in theaters for eight years, learning skills that included building scenery, managing ticket sales, and operating a lighting board. She debuted as a professional actress in a 1955 production of '' Brigadoon'' at the Flint Musical Tent in Flint, Michigan. Adams played the role of Leslie Jackson Bauer Norris Bauer from 1966 to 1971 and again from August 1973 to June 1976 on '' The Guiding Light''. She was the second generation in her family to act on the program; both her p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Céline Bonnier
Céline Bonnier (; born 31 August 1965) is a French Canadian actress from Quebec. She has been nominated for four awards including Genie Awards and Gemini Awards. Filmography * 1992: ''Tectonic Plates'' * 1994: '' The Wind from Wyoming (Le Vent du Wyoming)'' : "Manon Mentha" * 1994: '' Million Dollar Babies'' (TV) : "Elzire Dionne" * 1995: ''The Sphinx (Le Sphinx)'' : "Angie" * 1996: ''Caboose'' : "Camille" * 1997: '' Le Masque'' (série TV) : "Louise Gabriel" * 1997: '' The Assignment'' : "Carla" * 1998: '' La Femme Nikita'' (série télévisée) : ''Off Profile'': "Andrea Kosov" * 2000: '' Tag'' (série TV) : "Melanie Jobin" * 2000: '' The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines)'' : "Martine Tanguay" * 2001: '' On Your Head (Le Ciel sur la tête)'' * 2002: '' Tag - Épilogue'' (série TV) : "Mélanie Jobin" * 2002: '' Le Dernier chapitre'' (feuilleton TV) : "Wendy Desbiens" * 2002: '' Random Passage'' (feuilleton TV) : "Ida Norris" * 2002: '' Le Dernier chapitre: La Suite'' (feuill ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vlasta Vrána
Vlasta Vrána (born 1950) is a Czech-Canadian actor of stage, film, and television. He has appeared in over 285 films, television, and theatre productions, including voice roles, narration, and advertisements. Early life Vrána was born in Norway to Czech parents, and moved to Canada at age four. Career He made his feature-film debut in Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg's '' Shivers''. Other film appearances include '' The Blue Man'' (1985), '' The Kiss'' (1988), '' Highlander III: The Sorcerer'' (1994), '' Waking the Dead'' (2000), and '' Press Run'' (2000). Vrána played Fire Chief Wickersham in '' Secret Window'' (2004), and Booker (MPC) in '' The Day After Tomorrow'' (2004). He also appeared in '' Pachamama'' (2018). On television, Vrána has appeared in shows and films, including '' The New Avengers'' (1977), '' The Littlest Hobo'' (1980), '' The Hitchhiker'' (1985), '' Choices'' (1986), '' Spearfield's Daughter'' (1986), '' War of the Worlds'' (1990), '' After Amy'' (2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and financial centers in the world, and is classified as an Globalization and World Cities Research Network, Alpha world city according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2024 ranking. Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 Boroughs of Mexico City, boroughs or , which are in turn divided into List of neighborhoods in Mexico City, neighborhoods or . The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the list of largest cities#List, sixth-largest metropolitan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sex Tourists
Sex tourism is the practice of traveling to foreign countries, often on a different continent, with the intention of engaging in sexual activity or relationships, in exchange providing money or lifestyle support. This practice predominantly operates in countries where sex work is legal. The World Tourism Organization of the United Nations has acknowledged that this industry is organized both within and outside the structured laws and networks created by them. Sex tourism is commonly regarded as a transnational challenge, as it can be seen to target marginalised demographics in developing nations, such as countries in the Americas or Southeast Asia. The chief ethical concerns arise from: the economic gap between tourists and residents, the sexual trafficking of children and women and the parties taking advantage of the ability to engage with minors. These groups and individuals are subject to the foreign prostitution laws of the destination's jurisdiction, often resulting in exp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse (born August 16, 1991) is a Canadian actress from Quebec, most noted for her leading role as Donalda in the 2016-2021 television drama series ''Les Pays d'en haut''. The role garnered her a Gémeaux Award nomination for Best Actress in a Drama Series in 2017, and an Artis Award The Artis Award is based on popular vote and is presented for achievements in French-Canadian (French-speaking Quebecer, Québécois) television; called in French the Prix Artis. Many notable Québécois performing artists have been honored with th ...s for Best Actress in a Drama Series in 2019. '' [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in Island groups of the Philippines, three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. With a population of over 110 million, it is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, twelfth-most-populous country. The Philippines is bounded by the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to the south. It shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Palau to the east and southeast, Indonesia to the south, Malaysia to the southwest, Vietnam to the west, and China to the northwest. It has Ethnic groups in the Philippines, diverse ethnicities and Culture o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manila
Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is classified as a Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, highly urbanized city. With , Manila is one of the world's List of cities proper by population density, most densely populated cities proper. Manila was the first chartered city in the country, designated bPhilippine Commission Act No. 183on July 31, 1901. It became autonomous with the passage of Republic Act No. 409, "The Revised Charter of the City of Manila", on June 18, 1949. Manila is considered to be part of the world's original set of global cities because its commercial networks were the first to extend across the Pacific Ocean and connect Asia with the Hispanic America, Spanish Americas through the Manila galleon, galleon trade. This marked t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Laurence Leboeuf
Laurence Charlotte Leboeuf (born December 13, 1985) is a Canadian actress. Biography Leboeuf was born on December 13, 1985, in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of actors Marcel Leboeuf and Diane Lavallée. She went to École Notre-Dame-de-Grâce for elementary and later on, she went to Villa Maria for high school. She made her acting debut as Évelyne Boivin in the French Canadian television series ''Virginie''. Later, she played Louise Lavigueur in the Quebec television series ''Les Lavigueur, la vraie histoire'', and more recently as Apple in ''Turbo Kid''. She won the Prix Jutra for Best Supporting Actress at the 10th Jutra Awards, and received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 28th Genie Awards, for her performance in the 2007 film ''My Daughter, My Angel (Ma fille mon ange)''. She has also received Canadian Screen Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for '' 19-2'' at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards and the 4th Canadian ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |