Eden

You can tell that Eden was made by people passionate about raising awareness of the horrors of human trafficking. For that reason alone you have to applaud them, because it really is a tragedy that this sort of thing still goes on today. After watching the film I really wanted to try and do something myself to help... but I don't know what I can do.

There's no way that you can make an entertaining film about trafficking. It is grim all the way after the girl is kidnapped. There is no let-up, no humour at all, not even black humour. So it's a tough watch. You only keep watching because it seems realistic and you almost feel like it would be disrespectful to the survivors to give up on the film, even though you want to.

I don't know if it was part of the original true story or a plot device, but I liked the fact that it wasn't just "a few bad old men" doing horrible things to young girls. There were men of all ages and even some older women complicit in the operation to hold and mistreat the girls.

Many people to blame for trafficking and prostitution. Obviously the traffickers are the worst offenders, but the men who buy the "services" are almost as bad, and anyone who turns a blind eye is equally culpable.