carga

Amid directing a spate of shortfilms, writer and director Bruno Gascon’s interest took to years of exploring the criminal underbelly of international human trafficking, in accordance with a personal story about meeting a disinterested truck driver compelled to drive to Portugal based on a promise. The result is Carga, his feature debut at the helm, penned and directed with a story set at the Fall of the Soviet Union and the economic collapse that followed. What ensues is a tale of two lives – António (Victor Norte) and Viktoriya (break out actress Michalina Olszanska), and the harrowing nature of how their they converge. That being said, and put a pin on this little mental note, make no mistake about the encompassing narrative here. António is a truck driver forced to work against his will by Viktor (Dmitry Bogomolov) a gangster who networks young women to other countries, including children and […]

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