Eastern promises [videorecording] / Universal ; Focus Features presents ; in association with BBC Films, Astral Media, Corus Entertainment and Telefilm Canada ; a Kudos Pictures/Serendipity Point Films production in association with Scion Films ; directed by David Cronenberg ; screenplay by Steve Knight ; produced by Paul Webster, Robert Lantos ; a film by David Cronenberg.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Widescreen ed.
Publisher:
Distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment,
Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinead Cusack, Mina E. Mina, Jerzy Skolimowski, Donald Sumpter. Special features: Secrets and stories [featurette] (11 min.); Marked for life [featurette] (7 min.).
Contents:
Pronounced dead/Main titles -- Surviving diary -- Trans-Siberian -- Show some respect -- Only a driver -- Professionally processed -- Staying alive -- Ordinary people -- Spreading lies -- Exchange -- Just passing -- For my brother -- Offered stars -- Living in the Zone -- To the slaughter -- Exile or death -- Drawing blood -- Becoming king -- Better life -- End Titles.
Summary:
Anna, a midwife at a North London hospital, finds the diary of a Russian teenager who dies giving birth to a baby, and resolves to find the young girls' relatives in the hopes of providing the orphaned child with a loving family. As Anna follows the clues the diary provides, she finds evidence of a local Russian mob's criminal activities, and meets Nikolai, a formidable mob enforcer. Anna and Nikolai find themselves growing close as the Russian mobsters behind the girl's death become aware of Anna's discoveries regarding their crimes.
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