Eastern promises.

Resource Information

The work Eastern promises. represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chelmsford Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Eastern promises.

Statement of responsibility

Serendipity Point Films ; BBC Films ; Focus Features ; Kudos Film and Television ; Scion Films ; produced by Robert Lantos, Paul Webster ; screenplay by Steve Knight ; directed by David Cronenberg

Contributor

• BBC Films
• Focus Features
• Kudos
• Scion Films
• Serendipity Point Films
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Cronenberg, David, 1943-
• Knight, Steven, 1959-
• Lantos, Robert, 1949-
• Mortensen, Viggo, 1958-
• Mueller-Stahl, Armin, 1930-
• Watts, Naomi, 1968-
• Webster, Paul

Subject

• Comadronas -- England | London -- Teatro
• Crimen organizado -- England | London -- Teatro
• Feature films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Gangster films
• London (England) -- Drama
• Midwives -- England | London -- Drama
• Organized crime -- England | London -- Drama
• Orphans -- England | London -- Drama
• Russians -- England | London -- Drama
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
• Videodiscs

Genre

• Drama
• Feature films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Gangster films
• Teatro
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

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. Semyon heads the syndicate and is the proprietor of a plush Trans-Siberian restaurant. But his friendliness at the restaurant masks a cold and brutal core. Fortunes are tested by Semyon's volatile son and enforcer, Kirill. 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 death of a teenager while giving birth to a baby. Anna resolves to try and trace the baby's lineage and relatives. The girl has a personal diary, but it is written in Russian. Anna's Russian-born uncle urges caution. Anna accidentally unleashed the full fury of the Vory. With Semyon and Kirill closing ranks and Anna pressing her inquiries, Nikolai unexpectedly finds his loyalties divided. Hanging in the balance is a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Peter Suschitzky ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; music, Howard Shore ; costume designer, Denise Cronenberg ; production designer, Carol Spier

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic sexuality, language, and nudity

Language note

English or dubbed French dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1995.9.G3

LC item number

E278476 2007

PerformerNote

Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl

Runtime

101

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action