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''Eden'' ''(Abduction of Eden)'' is a 2012 American dramatic film about human trafficking. It was directed by Megan Griffiths, who co-wrote the screenplay with Richard B. Phillips and stars Jamie Chung, Matt O'Leary and Beau Bridges. The film was produced by Colin Harper Plank and Jacob Mosler through Plank's Centripetal Films production company. It was inspired by the story of Chong Kim, who claims that she was kidnapped and sold into a domestic human trafficking ring in the mid 1990s. It had its world premiere at the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eden )〕 In 2014, the non-profit organization Breaking Out claimed they had investigated Kim's story and concluded it was false and aimed to defraud charitable organizations. == Plot == Hyune Jae is a Korean-American teenager girl living in New Mexico in 1994 with her immigrant parents. HyunJae works at her father’s taxidermy shop, but is bored. After convincing her reluctant mother to let her go out on a Friday night, she joins her friend Abby at a local bar with fake IDs. Jae meets a good-looking young man in a fireman uniform, and accepts his offer to drive her home. In the car, HyunJae notices that there is a policeman uniform costume in the backseat and the firefighter badge is fake. HyunJae attempts to escape from the car, but is caught. She is bound, gagged, and thrown into the trunk of a second car driven by a second man. HyunJae is taken to an isolated warehouse in the middle of the desert, where she is put in a hospital room and has her braces and other belongings forcibly removed. Confused and terrified, HyunJae meets the leader of the operation, a corrupt federal marshal Bob Gault, and his overseer, Vaughan, a short-tempered and drug-addicted striver. After confirming her suspicions that she is now part of a sex-trafficking ring, Gault christens her with her new name, Eden, named after the place where she and her family used to live, and tells her that any acts of trouble could end with the harm of her family. Gault tells her that she has a few days to accept this reality and after that, she will start working for him. HyunJae, now Eden, spends the next few days getting to know the horrors of her new life as a forced prostitute. Living with many other underage girls from all parts of the world who are frequently sent out for “dates” with clients, all of the workers are consistently drugged into complacency. First, she is forced to dress in an erotic outfit and star in an adult video. Several days later, Vaughan takes Eden to meet her first customer, where she attempts her first escape by injuring her client and running to a neighboring house for help. Vaughan quickly captures Eden and, after convincing the disgruntled neighbors not to call the police, takes her back to the warehouse where she is punished by being forced to lie in a tub full of ice for several hours. During her time on lockdown, Eden befriends a young, Hispanic girl named Priscilla, who warns her not to let the leaders of the organization know her real age. Before she can learn more, Priscilla is abruptly taken to an unknown destination, and Eden is left alone once again. A year passes, and at nineteen Eden has slowly begun to understand the inner workings of the sex trade and knows she has little time left before she is no longer useful to the corporation. When she tells Vaughan that he’s being consistently scammed in their gigs, Vaughan realizes Eden’s potential and takes her under his wing. Drawing her out of the “field” of sex work, he gives her an office job answering phone calls from clients and allowing her to join him on trips running errands for the company. A bond forms between the two, with Eden staying with Vaughan even when he brutally murders Gault during a boat trip after the disposal of two bodies, Vaughan eventually takes her to the house of Mario, a man who delivers the babies of some of the sex slaves and sells them for the company’s profit. Recognizing Mario as the man who brought her to the warehouse in the trunk of his car, Eden grows suspicious and explores his house, discovering a pregnant Priscilla who is pleasantly ignorant of the fate of her unborn child. Eden leaves visibly disturbed. Vaughan makes her to prove her loyalty to the organization by forcing her to almost execute one of the sex workers, stopping Eden at the last second. When Eden and Vaughan return to the warehouse, they are told that one of their men betrayed the company and that they need to relocate. All of the sex workers are packed into vans and their belongings are burned and disposed of, Eden and Vaughan go to a safe house to collect what they need before the trip. Vaughan reveals to Eden that they are moving to Dubai, before leaving her on the couch. Eden decides that she must make her escape. Eden takes Vaughan’s Crystal Meth pipe from the table and sprays over-the-counter cleaning solution into the tube before placing it in the same spot. When Vaughan returns, he tells her that she doesn’t have to worry about Dubai and that they are “partners.” He takes a hit from his Crystal Meth pipe, begins to choke and dies. Eden then cuts her location bracelet from her ankle and drives to Mario’s house, where she tricks him into leading her to Priscilla’s room before injecting him with morphine. Running into Priscilla’s room, Eden reveals to Priscilla that her baby was sold and that they have to leave. They drive off into the desert until they reach a pay phone, where Eden calls her mother. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eden (2012 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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