Eastern Promises (2007)
MOVIE SUMMARY:
The new thriller reteaming acclaimed director David Cronenberg with his A History of Violence leading man Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises is written by Steve Knight (Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Dirty Pretty Things). As in the earlier film, director and star together explore the psyche, physicality, and fortunes of a man whose true nature may never be wholly revealed. The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin (Mr. Mortensen) is a driver for one of London’s most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family itself is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. Headed by Semyon (Academy Award nominee Armin Mueller-Stahl), whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor of the plush Trans-Siberian restaurant impeccably masks a cold and brutal core, the family’s fortunes are tested by Semyon’s volatile son and enforcer, Kirill (Vincent Cassel), who is more tightly bound to Nikolai than to his own father. But Nikolai’s carefully maintained existence is jarred once he crosses paths at Christmastime with Anna Khitrova (Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts), a midwife at a North London hospital. Anna is deeply affected by the desperate situation of a young teenager who dies while giving birth to a baby. Anna resolves to try to trace the baby’s lineage and relatives. The girl’s personal diary also survives her; it is written in Russian, and Anna seeks answers in it. Anna’s mother Helen (Sinéad Cusack) does not discourage her, but Anna’s irascible Russian-born uncle Stepan (Jerzy Skolimowski) urges caution. He is right to do so; by delving into the diary, Anna has accidentally unleashed the full fury of the Vory. With Semyon and Kirill closing ranks and Anna pressing her inquiries, Nikolai unexpectedly finds his loyalties divided. The family tightens its grip on him; who can, or should, he trust? Several lives - including his own - hang in the balance as a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution reverberates through the darkest corners of both the family and London itself. In another angle we can say, A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
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| Eastern Promises (2007) |
Movie Title: Eastern Promises (2007)
Also Known As: Promesses de l'ombre
In Theaters: September 14th, 2007
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic sexuality, language and nudity
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Distributors: Focus Features
Run Time: 1 Hr. 40 Min.
Budget: £25,000,000
Box Office: $16,866,286 (USA)
Director: David Cronenberg
Writer: Steven Knight (screenplay)
Stars: Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen and Armin Mueller-Stahl
Original Music: Howard Shore
Cinematography: Peter Suschitzky (director of photography)
Film Editing: Ronald Sanders
Studio: Focus Features, BBC Films, Astral Media
Country: UK, Canada
Language: English, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu (Only a few words)
Filming Locations: Broadway Market, Hackney, London, England, UK
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Produced by
Jeff Abberley ---- executive producer
Julia Blackman ---- executive producer
Stephen Garrett ---- executive producer
Robert Lantos ---- producer
Tracey Seaward ---- co-producer
David M. Thompson ---- executive producer
Paul Webster ---- producer
FULL CAST
Josef Altin ---- Ekrem
Mina E. Mina ---- Azim
Aleksandar Mikic ---- Soyka (as Aleksander Mikic)
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse ---- Tatiana (as Sarah Jeanne Labrosse)
Lalita Ahmed ---- Customer
Badi Uzzaman ---- Chemist
Naomi Watts ---- Anna
Doña Croll ---- Nurse (as Dona Croll)
Raza Jaffrey ---- Doctor Aziz
Sinéad Cusack ---- Helen (as Sinead Cusack)
Jerzy Skolimowski ---- Stepan
Tatiana Maslany ---- Tatiana (voice)
Viggo Mortensen ---- Nikolai
Vincent Cassel ---- Kirill
Armin Mueller-Stahl ---- Semyon
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