Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
8th September 2007

Eastern Promises

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2007

Country: UK | Canada | USA

Runtime: 100 min | Canada:96 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Languages: English | Russian | Turkish | Ukrainian | Urdu

Director:

Tagline: Every sin leaves a mark.

 

Cast: Josef Altin … Ekrem
Mina E. Mina … Azim
Aleksander Mikic … Soyka
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse … Tatiana (as Sarah Jeanne Labrosse)
Lalita Ahmed … Customer
Badi Uzzaman … Chemist
Naomi Watts … Anna
Doña Croll … Nurse (as Dona Croll)
Raza Jaffrey … Doctor Aziz
Sinéad Cusack … Helen (as Sinead Cusack)
Jerzy Skolimowski … Stepan
Tatiana Maslany … Tatiana (voice)
Viggo Mortensen … Nikolai
Vincent Cassel … Kirill
Armin Mueller-Stahl … Semyon

 

Plot: 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.

 

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 24 wins & 35 nominations

 

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