Hope Lost

{{Infobox film

| name = Hope Lost

| image = Hope_Lost_movie_poster.jpeg

| caption = Promotional poster

| director = David Petrucci

| producer = Andrea Iervolin
Cosetta Turco
Monika Bacardi
Danielle Maloni

| writer = Francesco Trento
Damiano Giacomelli
Francesco Teresi
Loretta Tersigni

| narrator = Danny Trejo

| starring = Danny Trejo
Mischa Barton
Michael Madsen
Daniel Baldwin

| music =

| cinematography = Davide Manca

| editing = David Petrucci

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|df=y|2015|02|20|Los Angeles Italia Film Festival}}

| runtime = 94 mins

| country = Italy

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Hope Lost is an Italian English-language sex trafficking thriller directed by David Petrucci.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} The film stars Danny Trejo, Mischa Barton, Michael Madsen and Daniel Baldwin. The film chronicles the struggles of a young Romanian woman trafficked to Italy. Filming took place in Rome in 2014[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mischa-barton-danny-trejo-join-688582 Mischa Barton and Danny Trejo Join Sex-Trafficking Thriller 'Hope Lost'] The Hollywood Reporter. 14 March 2014 and the film premiered at the Los Angeles Italia Film Festival on 20 February 2015.

Plot summary

A young Romanian woman from a small town meets a man claiming to be a film director and he convinces her to come to Rome for auditions. This is a ruse and she is instead lured into a life of prostitution in Italy and then sold by her pimp to a man who intends to torture her and another young woman in a snuff movie.[https://variety.com/2014/film/global/mischa-barton-danny-trejo-michael-madsen-set-for-hope-lost-1201132936/ Mischa Barton, Danny Trejo, Michael Madsen Set For ‘Hope Lost’][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjXSdUkltoo HOPE LOST - TRAILER] YouTube. Retrieved on 28 April 2018

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