DramaThriller

Viko

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Released:January 1, 2009

Runtime:17m

Status:Released

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.

Cast

Luke Treadaway

Luke Treadaway

Viko

Sergej Trifunović

Sergej Trifunović

Ivan

Kristina Malota

Kristina Malota

Lila

Rayisa Kondracki

Rayisa Kondracki

Raya

Adi Spektor

Tanjo

Ivana Augustine

Katarina

Natasha Blasick

Natasha Blasick

Katya

Andres De La Fuente

Market teen

Christine DiTillio

Christine DiTillio

Halyna

Sasha Golberg

Sasha Golberg

Market teen

Amelia M. Gotham

Market teen

Christopher Haskell

Christopher Haskell

Crazy Grandfather

Tina Ivlev

Tina Ivlev

Lara

Rachel Kanouse

Rachel Kanouse

Tanya

Milena Lukich

Mika

Storyline

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.

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