Eastern Promises
Tatiana, a Russian teenager, arrives in London bleeding. The doctors are able to save Tatiana’s baby. Anna Khitrova, a Russian descent midwife finds Tatiana’s Russian-language diary in her possessions. She decides to search for her family and deliver Tatiana. Stepan declines to help, but Anna discovers a card from a Russian restaurant in the diary. She visits him to try to get in touch with Tatiana’s relatives. Semyon offers to translate the document when she tells him about the existence of the journal. Stepan interprets a portion of the diary, and Anna learns that Semyon had raped Tatiana at fourteen and made her work as a prostitute in their brothel. Semyon, the boss of Russian mafia Vory v Zakone, is also a danger to Anna and her family’s safety. Nikolai Luzhin, Semyon’s driver, climbs up the ranks of the criminal organisation, but he still helps Anna and her family. –Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Donald Sumpter, Jerzy Skolimowski, Naomi Watts, Sinéad Cusack, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel
Country: Canada, United Kingdom, United States
