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Eastern Promises (2007)
7.8
Ratings: 7.8/10 from 100,416 users
Metascore:
82/100
Reviews: 359 user | 323 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com
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. Director:David Cronenberg |
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Josef Altin | ... | |
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Mina E. Mina | ... | |
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Aleksandar Mikic | ... | |
| Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse | ... |
Tatiana
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Lalita Ahmed | ... |
Customer
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Badi Uzzaman | ... |
Chemist
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Doña Croll | ... |
Nurse
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| Raza Jaffrey | ... |
Doctor Aziz
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Sinéad Cusack | ... |
Helen
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| Jerzy Skolimowski | ... |
Stepan
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| Tatiana Maslany | ... |
Tatiana
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| Viggo Mortensen | ... | ||
| Vincent Cassel | ... | ||
| Armin Mueller-Stahl | ... | ||
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Storyline
In London, the Russian pregnant teenager Tatiana arrives bleeding in a hospital, and the doctors save her baby only. The Russian descendant midwife Anna Khitrova finds Tatiana's diary written in Russian language in her belongings and decided to find her family to deliver the baby, she brings the diary home and ask her uncle Stepan to translate the document. Stepan refuses, but Anna finds a card of a restaurant owned by the Russian Semyon inside the diary and she visits the old man trying to find a lead to contact Tatiana's family. When she mentions the existence of the diary, Semyon immediately offers to translate the document. However, Stepan translates part of the diary and Anna discovers that Semyon and his sick son Kirill had raped Tatiana when she was fourteen years old and forced her to work as prostitute in a brothel of their own. Further, Semyon is the dangerous boss of the Russian mafia "Vory v Zakone"... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
Every sin leaves a mark.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic sexuality, language and nudity See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Promesses de l'ombre See more »Box Office
Budget:
£25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$547,092 (USA) (16 September 2007) (15 Screens)Gross:
$16,866,286 (USA) (21 October 2007)Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Azim: He says "Christmas." So I say to him,
[in Turkish]
Azim: "Should we go shopping?"
[English]
Azim: The kid's 16. He says, "But uncle, it's Christmas."
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Written by Michelle Escottery, John Hammond-Hagan and George Hammond-Hagan
Performed by Liberty X
Courtesy of V2 Music Ltd. See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
None of the characters who were members of the Vory v Zakone used a gun throughout the movie. The reason for this is that when doing research on Russian organized crime, David Cronenberg discovered that members of the Vory v Zakone typically prefer to use knives instead of guns. The rationale for this is that if Vory v Zakone members were arrested by police and questioned as to why they were in possession of such weapons, the suspects could evade suspicion by claiming that the knives were simply for linoleum cutting. See more »Goofs
Continuity: In the scene where Nikolai is returning the bike to Anna at one point he pulls out a black cloth and wipes off one of the handlebars. A few seconds later however the cloth has vanished. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Azim: He says "Christmas." So I say to him,
[in Turkish]
Azim: "Should we go shopping?"
[English]
Azim: The kid's 16. He says, "But uncle, it's Christmas."
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Connections
Referenced in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Million Dollar Movie Week 4 (#8.119)" (2010) See more »Soundtracks
"Just a Little"Written by Michelle Escottery, John Hammond-Hagan and George Hammond-Hagan
Performed by Liberty X
Courtesy of V2 Music Ltd. See more »
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