Hope Lost

Hope Lost
Promotional poster
Directed by	David Petrucci
Written by	Francesco Trento Damiano Giacomelli Francesco Teresi Loretta Tersigni
Produced by	Andrea Iervolin Cosetta Turco Monika Bacardi Danielle Maloni
Starring	Danny Trejo Mischa Barton Michael Madsen Daniel Baldwin
Narrated by	Danny Trejo
Cinematography	Davide Manca
Edited by	David Petrucci
Release date	20 February 2015 (2015-02-20)(Los Angeles Italia Film Festival)
Running time	94 mins
Country	Italy
Language	English

Hope Lost is an Italian English-language sex trafficking thriller directed by David Petrucci.^{[ citation needed ]} The film stars Danny Trejo, Mischa Barton, Michael Madsen and Daniel Baldwin. The film chronicles the struggles of a young Romanian woman trafficked to Italy. Filming took place in Rome in 2014 ^[1] and the film premiered at the Los Angeles Italia Film Festival on 20 February 2015.

Plot summary

A young Romanian woman from a small town meets a man claiming to be a film director and he convinces her to come to Rome for auditions. This is a ruse and she is instead lured into a life of prostitution in Italy and then sold by her pimp to a man who intends to torture her and another young woman in a snuff movie. ^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Danny Trejo as Marius
• Mischa Barton as Alina
• Michael Madsen as Manol
• Daniel Baldwin as Ettore
• Francesca Agostini as Sofia
• Andrey Chernyshov as Gabriel

References

1. Mischa Barton and Danny Trejo Join Sex-Trafficking Thriller 'Hope Lost' The Hollywood Reporter. 14 March 2014
2. Mischa Barton, Danny Trejo, Michael Madsen Set For ‘Hope Lost’
3. HOPE LOST - TRAILER YouTube. Retrieved on 28 April 2018

External links

• Hope Lost at IMDb