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Eastern Promises

THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS. - 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", jeopardizing the safety of Anna and her family. Meanwhile, Semyon's driver Nikolai Luzhin gets close to Kirill and Semyon, climbing positions in the criminal organization, but he helps Anna, her family and the baby. Use this page to compare cast context, genre fit (Crime, Drama, Thriller), release year 2007, and whether this film matches tonight's mood.

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Story of Eastern Promises

THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS. - 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", jeopardizing the safety of Anna and her family. Meanwhile, Semyon's driver Nikolai Luzhin gets close to Kirill and Semyon, climbing positions in the criminal organization, but he helps Anna, her family and the baby.

Use this page to compare cast context, genre fit (Crime, Drama, Thriller), release year 2007, and whether this film matches tonight's mood.

Title facts

  • Type Movie
  • Release year 2007
  • Released 21 Sep 2007
  • Runtime 100 minutes
  • Content rating R
  • IMDb rating IMDb 7.6/10 from 274,179 votes
  • Metascore 83/100
  • Genres Crime, Drama, Thriller
  • Languages English, Russian, Turkish, Urdu
  • Countries United Kingdom, Canada, United States

Cast

Josef Altin, Mina E. Mina, Aleksandar Mikic

Direction and writing

Directed by: David Cronenberg

Written by: Steven Knight

Awards and recognition

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 28 wins & 74 nominations total

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