IMDb 6.9 2019 HD

Doing Money

Doing Money

2019
Crime Drama TV Movie
90 min NR United Kingdom
5 / 10
6.9 IMDB

A young Romanian woman is snatched in broad daylight from a London street, trafficked to Ireland and used as a sex slave in a series of pop-up brothels.…

Personnel // Cast & Crew

Director Lynsey Miller
Starring
Anca Dumitra / Dragoș Bucur / Turlough Convery / Sergiu Costache / Tom Glynn-Carney / Jonathan Harden / Karen Hassan / Allen Leech

How Viewers Describe This Film

Common themes and sentiments

harrowing powerful disturbing raw tense important bleak resilient eye-opening difficult authentic urgent

Reviews

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Isabelle Moreau
Apr 6, 2026
4.0 / 5
4.0

The sheer audacity of the crime depicted in 'Doing Money' is matched by the film's determined commitment to portraying its subject matter truthfully. Based on a true story, it chronicles the abduction of a young Romanian woman and…

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Arthur Finch
Apr 6, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

A film as important as it is grim, 'Doing Money' tackles the harrowing subject of human trafficking head-on. The narrative follows a young woman's terrifying ordeal after being abducted and forced into sex slavery. Anca Dumitra gives a…

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Genevieve Dubois
Apr 6, 2026
4.5 / 5
4.5

This is filmmaking with a purpose. 'Doing Money' is a potent and deeply affecting dramatisation of a true story, exposing the chilling reality of human trafficking that festers in plain sight. Anca Dumitra's portrayal is nothing short of…

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Marcus Thorne
Apr 6, 2026
3.5 / 5
3.5

'Doing Money' is a film that grips you with its premise: a true story of a young Romanian woman snatched from a London street and trafficked into a life of sex slavery in Ireland. Anca Dumitra shoulders the…

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Eleanor Vance
Apr 6, 2026
4.0 / 5
4.0

Anca Dumitra delivers a raw, unvarnished performance in 'Doing Money,' a film that refuses to look away from the grim realities of modern slavery. The narrative, charting a young woman's abduction and subsequent exploitation, is unflinchingly bleak, yet…

FAQs

The film's classification as a thriller stems from its narrative structure and the inherent suspense of its subject matter. The abduction, the journey into an unknown and dangerous situation, and the constant threat of discovery or further harm create a palpable sense of tension. The 'pop-up brothel' setting adds to the clandestine and precarious nature of the protagonist's existence, driving the suspense.