Eastern Promises (DVD)

Directed by David Cronenberg

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinéad Cusack, Jerzy Skolimowski, Josef Altin, Mina E. Mina, Raza Jaffrey, Aleksander Mikic, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Vincent Cassel, Sinead Cusack
Contributors: Robert Lantos, Paul Webster, Steven Knight, Howard Shore, Peter Suschitzky
Studio: Pathe
Genre: Thriller
Main Language: English
Region: Region 2
Release Date: 25 Feb 2008
Originally Issued: 2007
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (18) Suitable for 18 years and over.
Run Time: 100 minutes

Description

Thriller set among the Russian mafia in London from Canadian director David Cronenberg. Nikolai Luzhin (Viggo Mortensen) is a driver for one of London's organized crime families who are part of the notorious Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. The family is headed by Semyon (Armin Mueller-Stahl), a cold and brutal man who hides his true nature behind his public role as a charming restaurateur and his volatile son and enforcer, Kirill (Vincent Cassell), is Nikolai's closest friend.

Nikolai's carefully maintained existence is threatened when he meets Anna Khitrova (Naomi Watts), a midwife at a North London hospital who has been deeply affected by the plight of a teenager (Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse) who died giving birth. The girl left behind a diary written in Russian in which Anna seeks the answers to the baby's lineage. By delving into the diary, Anna has accidentally unleashed the full fury of the Vory.

With Semyon and Kirill closing ranks and Anna pressing her inquiries - Nikolai finds his loyalties divided. Lives hang in the balance as a disturbing chain of murder and revenge reverberates through the darkest corners of both the family and London itself.

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