Eastern Promises(Movie, 2007)

Name: Eastern Promises
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Released: 2007
Duration: T01:40:00
Rating: 3.7

| 1h 40min | Genres: Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 1,421 votes)

Eastern Promises is a 2007 British-Canadian gangster film directed by David Cronenberg from a screenplay by Steven Knight. The film tells the story of Anna (Naomi Watts), a Russian-British midwife who delivers the baby of a drug-addicted 14-year old trafficked Ukrainian girl who dies in childbirth. After Anna learns that the teen was forced into prostitution by the Russian Mafia in London, the leader of the Russian gangsters (Armin Mueller-Stahl) threatens the baby's life, and Anna is warned off by his menacing henchman (Viggo Mortensen). Principal photography began in November 2006, in locations in and around London. The film has been noted for its treatment of the subject of sex trafficking, and for its violence and realistic depiction of Russian career criminals, which includes detailed portrayal of the tattoos which indicate their crimes and criminal status. Eastern Promises received critical acclaim, appearing on several critics... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Eastern Promises

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor

About Eastern Promises

A Russian teenager, living in London, dies during childbirth but 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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Trailer for Eastern Promises + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Official Trailer(Trailer, 2:15)

Official Trailer (Trailer) | Official Trailer (Trailer) | Tödliche Versprechen - Eastern Promises ≣ 2007 ≣ Trailer (Trailer, DE) | Deutscher Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.focusfeatures.com

Production countries: Canada, United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA)

Shot in: London

Plays in: London

Made by: BBC Films, Focus Features, Scion Films, Téléfilm Canada, Serendipity Point Films, Corus Entertainment, Astral Media, Shine Pictures, Kudos Productions Ltd.

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Urdu (UR)

Translated into 34 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Estonian (ET), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Burmese (MY), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/14/2007

Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Donald Sumpter, Jerzy Skolimowski, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Josef Altin, Sinéad Cusack, Tatiana Maslany, Tamer Hassan, Raza Jaffrey, Tereza Srbová, Radosław Kaim, Alice Henley

Director: David Cronenberg

Producer: Robert Lantos

Screenwriter: Steven Knight

Film Editor: Ronald Sanders

Director of Photography: Peter Suschitzky

Composer: Howard Shore

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Senhores do Crime"

"Tödliche Versprechen"

"Promesas del Este"

"黑幕謎情"

"Promesas Peligrosas"

"Східні обіцянки"

Keywords: midwife, orphan, human trafficking, murder, motorcycle, bathhouse, london, england, gangster, jealousy, brutality, hitman, prostitute, diary, parent child relationship, russian mafia

Budget: 51,500,000 USD

Revenue: 56,106,607 USD (= 109%)

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