It is a film about human trafficking by director Teresa Villaverde.
"Trance" is above all an excellent film performance of the dual Teresa Villaverde and Ana Moreira. This is their second film collaboration, after an interlude of eight years, which in my view confirmed the talent of both to transpose to the screen mundane stories and great anonymous characters, it is a perfect partnership. This film is a hard, cold and raw that addresses the issue of prostitution without camouflaging it. It's the dark side of an evolved society that ignores the human trafficking that exploits with impunity women in a precarious situation, both economic and social terms. In "trance", Ana Moreira composes Sonia, a young Russian woman, from St. Petersburg, who decides to emigrate in search of a better life, only to end up entangled in an international prostitution networks. A lonely and physically nightmare so painful that she can only escape it by closing herself, in her personal hallucinations, her very own trance running as an escape from the everyday life almost intolerable. When Teresa Villaverde began writing the script for "trance", only had one actress in mind, Ana Moreira, who for a year had to learn Russian to create a more credible character. The choice of the filmmaker could not have been more correct, the actress gave herself totally to this Sonia, the film lives and breathes thanks to the plans of the beautiful face of actress and dreamlike landscapes that enhance the dramatic tone of the film. I'd say it's a masterpiece of Portuguese cinema, so take step and see it. Good movie!
