Viko

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

Larysa Kondracki, Nadia Benamara

Language

English

Country

Canada

Release date

1 January 2009

Ensemble

Cast

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  Luke Treadaway

  Viko

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  Sergej Trifunović

  Ivan

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  Kristina Malota

  Lila

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  Rayisa Kondracki

  Raya

• Adi Spektor

  Tanjo

• Ivana Augustine

  Katarina

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  Natasha Blasick

  Katya

• Andres De La Fuente

  Market teen

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  Christine DiTillio

  Halyna

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  Sasha Golberg

  Market teen

• Amelia M. Gotham

  Market teen

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  Christopher Haskell

  Crazy Grandfather