BLACK MARKET PRICE
by Brian Trichon & Guile Branco © 2009
Inspired by true a FBI investigation that infiltrated the kidney mafia, BLACK MARKET PRICE examines the brutal world of organ trafficking as the lives of several desperate immigrants converge around a single New York police investigation.
On the eve of leaving for Brazil to see his father, Cristiano Guerrera, a straight-laced translator, meets a mysterious European seductress known as Saskya, and awakens to discover hes been robbed of his left kidney. Hes then wrongfully accused of killing a distinguished New York doctor, and ends up on the run. Now with his life hanging by a thread, Cristiano must prove his innocence by uncovering clues that exposes a vicious crime ring of organ thieves. And as the FBI and NYPD inch closer to apprehending him, Saskya, a ruthless criminal feeling remorse for the first time, severs her ties as an organ hunter, saves Cristiano in his darkest hour, and then flees the only life she knows. With more victims turning up dead and Saskya no where to be found, Cristiano plunges into a world of crime and violence that ultimately helps bring down a global network of organ traffickers.
A bitter crime thriller, jam packed with unforeseen twists, BLACK MARKET PRICE is, at the heart, a story of characters seeking a second chance at life...for themselves and their loved ones.
Winner of the 2009
Best Screenplay Award at the
"Cinema City International Film
Festival" in Los Angeles.
Produced by BRIGHTKNIGHT ENTERTAINMENT LLC and
NEW SHOW MEDIA
Producer: DEAN ZANETOS
Executive Producer: Lawrence Ayers - VALLEYHEART PRODUCTIONS
CONTACT:
BrightKnight Entertainment, LLC
4452 Hazeltine Ave, Suite 4B
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
310 285 7880
brightknightentertainment_gmail.com
BLACK MARKET PRICE is a crime thriller based on true events. Through desperation and forgiveness, one man sacrifices everything to end a global network of human organ trafficking. Think "THE USUAL SUSPECTS" (1995) and "SILENCE OF THE LAMBS"(1991). It features a multi-cultural cast, with leads from United States, Russia, Brazil, Portugal among others. Locations: 90% New York, 10% Slovakia.
