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Eastern Promises



Updated: 2007-09-24 14:59





The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin (Viggo
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 (Sinead 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.

Production Status: Released

Logline: A London midwife looks into the death of a patient which puts
her in the sights of a Russian mobster.

Genres: Drama, Thriller and Crime/Gangster

Running Time: 1 hr. 40 min.

Release Date: September 14th, 2007 (wide)

MPAA Rating: R for strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic
sexuality, language and nudity.

Distributors: Focus Features

Production Co.: Kudos Film & Television, Serendipity Point Films, BBC
Fiction, Celador Productions

Studios: Focus Features

Financiers: Astral Media, Corus Entertainment, Telefilm Canada

U.S. Box Office: $547,092

Filming Locations: London, England UK

Produced in: United States























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