Yarik

In the last five years 62,000 Russian children have been abducted, taken out of the country and sold.THIS HARD-HITTING DRAMA is the remarkable story of one of these children. The lucky ones are adopted by rich families in the West. Others are sold into a life of prostitution, drugs or crime. But many are murdered so their organs can be sold on the black market, often with the collusion of the Russian police.

Directed by Sesil Anri, Savenkovivan Savenkov, Aleksandr Laslo, Yarik leans on a strong ensemble — Maxim Kolesnikov, Sergey Badichkin, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2008.