Quick Info
Status: Ended
Network: VTM
Type: Scripted
Rating: 7.1/10
Russian Dolls: Sex Trade
Overview
Young women from Lithuania and Russia are taken to Belgium by a gang involved in the sex trade to work as sex slaves.
This production, originally released in 2005, has captivated audiences with its unique storytelling. As a Scripted series, it brings a fresh perspective to the Crime, Drama genre, maintaining a strong viewer rating of 7.1 across its 2 seasons.
- Storyline Highlights:
- • Explores themes within Crime and Drama.
- • Produced in Belgium.
- • Original Language: Russian.
Directed By
Written By
Starring Cast
Axel Daeseleire
Jan Verplancke
Manou Kersting
Danny Bols
Luk Wyns
Eddy Stoefs
Viktorya Kosova
Nastya
Chalita Chaisaeng
Pat
Dirk van Dijck
Bob Sels
Seasons
Season 1
10 Episodes • Aired 2005-01-05
Drama series about a group of women from Lithuania and Russia who are taken to Belgium by a gang involved in the sex trade to work as sex slaves. The series starts in Lithuania, where the girls are chosen and where they have to sign a contract in Greek, which they cannot understand. The gang, under the lead of Ray Van Mechelen, takes the girls to Cyprus and from there they are taken to Club 69 in Belgium to work.
Season 2
10 Episodes • Aired 2008-04-11
Smugglers Ray Van Mechelen and Eddy Stoefs were released from jail where they were since the end of Matroesjka's, three years before. They discovered then that their partner, Jan Verplancke, disappeared with the money they made to Thailand. They go then to Thailand, but there Verplanke does not give them the money back : instead, he offers them young Thai girls. But things have changed in three years : the market has grown, and new trafficking groups want to have a place in the market. The only things the girls have in common is that "they do that for their families
