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Eastern promises - Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, David Cronenberg

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Every sin leaves a mark.

Eastern promises follows and centres on the story of a London hospital's midwife Ana (Naomi Watts) who witnessed the death of a young girl in giving birth on Christmas Eve and decided to search for her family and identity. The search leads her into the core of dangers of the underground sex-trafficking business operated by the London's Russian crime community headed by Nicolai (Viggo Mortensen) who however turns out not to be what he seems.

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Film crime thriller London Russian Mafia mystery sex-traffic prostitution mid-wife organised crime murder

Persons of interest

Viggo Mortensen .... Nikolai Luzhin
Naomi Watts .... Anna Khitrova
Vincent Cassel .... Kirill
Armin Mueller-Stahl .... Semyon
Sinéad Cusack .... Helen
Donald Sumpter .... Yuri
Josef Altin .... Ekrem
Olegar Fedoro .... Tattoo
Raza Jaffrey .... Doctor Aziz
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse .... Tatiana
Ksenia Lavrentieva .... Tatiana (voice)
Aleksandar Mikic .... Soyka
Mina E Mina .... Mr Azim
Michael Sarne .... Valery Nabokov
Jerzy Skolimowski .... Stepan Khitrov
Mia Soteriou .... Mrs Azim
Tereza Srbova .... Kirilenko
Steven Knight .... Screenwriter
David Cronenberg .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Eastern promises official movie site
Eastern promises film production notes (.rtf)
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Awards and film festivals:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS - Oscars) 2008: Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Viggo Mortensen)
British Independent Film Awards 2007: Won: Best Performance by an Actor (Viggo Mortensen); Nominated: Best British Independent Film, Best Performance by a Supporting Actor or Actress (Armin Muehler-Stahl), Best Screenplay (Steve Knight), Best Director (David Cronenberg)
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes) 2008: Nominated: Picture - Drama, Actor In A Leading Role - Drama (Viggo Mortensen), Original Score (Howard Shore)
London Film Festival 2007: Screening
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2007: Competitive Official Selection

Studios and distributors:

BBC Films * Focus Features * Roadshow Films

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Theatrical report

If you want to understand Eastern promises then you need to see A history of violence but if you just want to enjoy it then go right ahead but these two films form a genre in the same way that M Night Shyamalan's films do.

The crime, thriller movie Eastern promises is directed by David Cronenberg and stars Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel.