Eastern Promises
October 3rd 2007 02:20
Eastern Promises is a 2007 drama and thriller feature film directed by David Cronenberg. The screenplay was written by Steve Knight, whose previous credits include Stephen Frears' Dirty Pretty Things. The film premiered September 8, 2007 at the Toronto International Film Festival. The wide US release date was September 21st. The Australian release date is October 25th.
Anna Khitrova (Naomi Watts), a midwife at a London hospital, finds a Russian-language diary on the body of a young woman who dies in childbirth. She also finds a card for the Trans-Siberian restaurant, which is owned by Semyon (Armin Mueller-Stahl), a boss in the Russian Mafia or vory v zakone ("thieves in law"). In attempting to get the diary translated, she brings it to Semyon, but later comes to learn that Semyon and his unstable son, Kirill (Vincent Cassel), had abused the dead woman and forced her into prostitution.
Semyon's driver is the Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin (Viggo Mortensen), who serves as the family's enforcer, dumping dead bodies in the Thames River. As Nikolai's star raises within the vory, Semyon sponsors him as a full member, but later comes to betray him.
Anna’s mother Helen (Sinéad Cusack) and Russian-born uncle Stepan (Jerzy Skolimowski) become involved in translating the diary and are threatened by Nikolai.
Cast:
Viggo Mortensen as Nikolai Luzhin
Naomi Watts as Anna Khitrova
Vincent Cassel as Kirill
Armin Mueller-Stahl as Semyon
Sinéad Cusack as Helen
Donald Sumpter as Yuri
Jerzy Skolimowski as Stepan
Other Info:
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Produced by: Paul Webster, Robert Lantos
Written by: Steve Knight
Distributed by: Focus Features
Release date: USA - September 21st, 2007; Australia - October 25th, 2007; UK - October 17th, 2007
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Eastern Promises.
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.
Anna Khitrova (Naomi Watts), a midwife at a London hospital, finds a Russian-language diary on the body of a young woman who dies in childbirth. She also finds a card for the Trans-Siberian restaurant, which is owned by Semyon (Armin Mueller-Stahl), a boss in the Russian Mafia or vory v zakone ("thieves in law"). In attempting to get the diary translated, she brings it to Semyon, but later comes to learn that Semyon and his unstable son, Kirill (Vincent Cassel), had abused the dead woman and forced her into prostitution.
Semyon's driver is the Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin (Viggo Mortensen), who serves as the family's enforcer, dumping dead bodies in the Thames River. As Nikolai's star raises within the vory, Semyon sponsors him as a full member, but later comes to betray him.
Anna’s mother Helen (Sinéad Cusack) and Russian-born uncle Stepan (Jerzy Skolimowski) become involved in translating the diary and are threatened by Nikolai.
Cast:
Viggo Mortensen as Nikolai Luzhin
Naomi Watts as Anna Khitrova
Vincent Cassel as Kirill
Armin Mueller-Stahl as Semyon
Sinéad Cusack as Helen
Donald Sumpter as Yuri
Jerzy Skolimowski as Stepan
Other Info:
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Produced by: Paul Webster, Robert Lantos
Written by: Steve Knight
Distributed by: Focus Features
Release date: USA - September 21st, 2007; Australia - October 25th, 2007; UK - October 17th, 2007
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Eastern Promises.
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.
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