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Eastern Promises (2007)
7.8
Ratings: 7.8/10 from 110,156 users
Metascore:
82/100
Reviews: 362 user | 326 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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Cast
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Josef Altin | ... | |
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Mina E. Mina | ... | |
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Aleksandar Mikic | ... |
Soyka
(as Aleksander Mikic)
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| Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse | ... |
Tatiana
(as Sarah Jeanne Labrosse)
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Lalita Ahmed | ... |
Customer
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Badi Uzzaman | ... |
Chemist
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| Naomi Watts | ... | ||
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Doña Croll | ... |
Nurse
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| Raza Jaffrey | ... |
Doctor Aziz
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Sinéad Cusack | ... |
Helen
(as Sinead Cusack)
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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
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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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Trivia
Naomi Watts discovered she was pregnant with her son Alexander two weeks into shooting this movie. She initially tried to hide it, but costume designer Denise Cronenberg found out about it. See more »Goofs
Errors in geography: The scenes involving the football crowds make no logical sense for a real match at Stamford Bridge. In the first shot, the crowd is exiting the ground via the Britannia Gate on Fulham Road after a game. In the second shot, the crowd is moving from Fulham Broadway along Fulham Road towards the Britannia Gate (as it would before a game); in the third shot, a crowd of people is crossing Lillee Road and entering Brompton Cemetary via the north gate (as it would before a game) but in the next shot (in the cemetery itself), the crowd is moving in the opposite direction, towards the north gate and away from the ground as it would after a game. The Chelsea fans also are only wearing blue shirts, not actual Chelsea shirts as they would be wearing. 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
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Episode dated 8 September 2007" (2007) See more »
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