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Eastern promises - Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, David Cronenberg
Threat advisory: Elevated - Significant risk of entertaining activities
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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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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- 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
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- Eastern promises official movie site
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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:
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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.
Government security censorship classification
R 18+ (High level violence)
Surveillance time
99 minutes (1:39 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 25 October 2007
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