Eastern Promises
2007 · Movie · R · 100 min · ★ 7.3 · 86% critics
After a teenage mother dies in childbirth, a London midwife tries to trace the newborn’s family using a diary written in Russian. Her search draws her into the orbit of a dangerous crime family, where every answer seems to come with new risks.
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Details
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2007-09-14
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (3,720 votes)
- Box office
- $56,106,607
About
You'll likely be into this if you want a dark, intense crime drama in the vein of A History of Violence or The Departed; Not for you if graphic violence, bleak subject matter, or abrupt endings put you off.
Pros: tense atmosphere; strong performances; gripping crime mystery | Cons: graphic violence; abrupt ending; simple plot
Themes
- chauffeur
- london, england
- prostitute
- jealousy
- rape
- tattoo
- hitman
- parent child relationship
- bratva (russian mafia)
- gangster
- human trafficking
- diary
- +10 more
Awards & recognition
- Saturn Award — Best International Film
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2008 · nominated
Cast & crew
Viggo Mortensen
as Nikolai Luzhin
Naomi Watts
as Anna Ivanovna Khitrova
Vincent Cassel
as Kirill
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Semyon
Sinéad Cusack
as Helen
Donald Sumpter
as Yuri
Jerzy Skolimowski
as Stepan
Josef Altin
as Ekrem
Aleksandar Mikic
as Soyka
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse
as Tatiana
Directed by David Cronenberg