Eastern Promises

2007
18
1h 40m

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7.6/10

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A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

267K

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POPULARITY

1,843

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 28 wins & 74 nominations total

Soyka
(as Aleksander Mikic)

Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse

Tatiana
(as Sarah Jeanne Labrosse)

Lalita Ahmed

Customer

Badi Uzzaman

Chemist

Doña Croll

Nurse
(as Dona Croll)

Raza Jaffrey

Doctor Aziz

Sinéad Cusack

Helen
(as Sinead Cusack)

Jerzy Skolimowski

Stepan

Tatiana Maslany

Tatiana
(voice)

Vincent Cassel

Kirill

Shannon-Fleur Roux

Maria

Lillibet Langley

Violin Girl

Mia Soteriou

Azim's Wife

Director
- David Cronenberg
Writer
- Steven Knight
All cast & crew
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Trivia
The tattoos around Nikolai's - Viggo Mortensen's character - ankles read "Where are you going?" and "What the fuck do you care?" in Russian. Mortensen thought that they were hilarious, that 'one foot doesn't respect the other.'

Goofs
After Nikolai was accepted by the mafia bosses, he gets his stars tattooed. When he is in the public bath, the tattoos seem to be completely healed. However, when they are entering the baths, a slight redness is perceivable around the stars. There was one day between these scenes. While the usual for a tattoo is to be brighter at first, it can be assumed that between the particular individual's skin, the lighting and the humidity of the baths, a normal tattoo could seem to be more healed than it actually is.

Quotes
Anna: Why are you doing this, why are you helping us?
Nikolai Luzhin: I can't become king if someone else already sits on the throne.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Shoot 'Em Up/Eastern Promises/Fierce People/The Brothers Solomon/In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)

Soundtracks
Just a Little
Written by Michelle Escottery, John Hammond-Hagan and George Hammond-Hagan
Performed by Liberty X
Courtesy of V2 Music Ltd.

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Cronenberg delivers.

I know a gent that did police detective work in St Petersburg, Russia for a couple of years, mostly blackmarket stuff. One night over dinner he told me, "In St Petersburg everything is available. And you don't want to know what everything is". Eastern Promises has more than a little bit of 'everything'.

Some real edge of your seat moments in this instant classic. Set in dark wet, and noir London, Eastern Promises takes a look into a Russian Gangster mentality and culture with some scenes that will make both your skin crawl and your heart ache. This is one tough and nasty thriller. Not for the squeamish.

A twisted morality tale of family dynamics, gang loyalty and one possible way the Good Guys just might usurp the Bad. Every principal character etches a note that resonates true to the scale of the story. And its an excellent dark dark black hearted story full of places and people that you just hope this movie is as close as you ever get to them. Genuinely bad characters with such exquisite details that it doesn't feel like fiction.

Go see it. Pleasant nightmares!