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| | Eastern Promises (70%)
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London's most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family itself is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. Headed by Semyon, whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor of the plush Trans-Siberian restaurant impeccably masks a cold and brutal core, the family's fortunes are tested by Semyon's volatile son and enforcer, Kirill, who is more tightly bound to Nikolai than to his own father. But Nikolai's carefully maintained existence is jarred once he crosses paths at Christmastime with Anna Khitrova, a midwife at a North London hospital. Anna is deeply affected by the desperate situation of a young teenager who dies while giving birth to a baby. Anna resolves to try to trace the baby's lineage and relatives. The girl's personal diary also survives her; it is written in Russian, and Anna seeks answers in it. Anna's mother Helen does not discourage her, but Anna's ir
Starring: Josef Altin as Ekrem, Mina E. Mina as Azim, Aleksandar Mikic as Soyka, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse as Tatiana, Lalita Ahmed as Customer, Badi Uzzaman as Chemist, Naomi Watts as Anna, Doña Croll as Nurse (as Dona Croll), Raza Jaffrey as Doctor Aziz, Sinéad Cusack as Helen |
