East-West
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Régis Wargnier
Krassimir Rankov
Ivan Petrov
Dimitar Nikolov
Sergei Bodrov
Kalin Lavorov
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When Russian-born French doctor Alexei returns to the Soviet Union in 1946 with his French wife, Marie, and their little son, Russian officials tell Alexei to divorce Marie, whom they suspect of being a spy. Alexei stands by his wife and soon the three are sent off to Kiev, where Alexei becomes a factory medical officer and the family is forced to live in an old mansion-turned-tenement. Marie and Alexei are trapped in a harsh, paranoid totalitarian state, and their predicament exacts its toll on the marriage until Marie becomes inspired by the arrival of Gabrielle, a celebrated French actress who awakens Maries desire for personal freedom and repatriation.
Director
Régis Wargnier
Cast
Krassimir Rankov
Ivan Petrov
Dimitar Nikolov
Sergei Bodrov
Kalin Lavorov
Youri Yakolev
Plamen Manassiev
Evguenia Anguelova
Tsvetana Mirtcheva
Banko Bankov
Francois Caron
Igor Karalenko
Meglena Karalambova
Valentin Tanev
Jordan Gospodinov
Robin Kafaliev
Alexei Vertinski
René Féret

Catherine Deneuve
Emil Marcov
Valentin Ganev
Oleg Lissigor
Stefan Mladenov
Sandrine Bonnaire
Erwan Baynaud
Hubert Saint-macary
Alexandre Stoyanov
Mac Marinov
Tania Massalitinova
Oleg Menshikov
Bogdan Stupka
Niolina Beletskala
Petro Panchouk
Yvan Savov
Maxim Genchev
Malin Krastev
Atanass Atanassov
Ruben Tapiero
Jauris Casanova
Emanuel Ax
Tania Stoliartchouk
Viara Tabakova
Daniel Martin
Mikhail Ganev
Tamara Alexandrova
Grigori Manoukov
Maria Verdi
Joel Chapron
Tatiana Doguileva
Nikolai Binev
Crew
Lawrence Ashmore
Roland Avoye
Rossitza Bakeva
Olivier Banon
Pierre Bechir
Andrei Belous
Vitalek Belous
Sergei Bodrov
Victor Bojinov
Delphine Bonnemason
Olivier Burgaud
Mate Cantero
Fabien Capdeville
Marilena Cavola
Christophe Cheysson
Gerard Crosnier
Laurent Dailland
Astrid Danielsson
Eric Dardill
Gonzague Isle De Beauchaine
Alexia Hebert De Beauvoir
Bruno De Dieuleveult
Isabelle Delage
Dominique Delmasso
Patrick Doyle
Nathanièle Esther
Pascal Ferrero
Svetlana Filakhtova
Garabed Garabedian
Louis Gardel
Pierre-yves Gayraud
Patrick Girault
Chantal Glasman
Ivanka Gorchinina
Evgueni Guindilis
Gerard Hardy
Rustam Ibragimbekov
Liza Ignazi
Vladimir Kapitonenko
Anna Katchouleva
Larissa Khaliapina
Denis Khaliapine
Dimitri Kojema
Irina Kojema
Alexandre Kossev
Irina Kotcheva
Yvetta Kotcheva
Ivan Kyrilov
Stefan Kyrilov
Stephan Kyrilov
Oceane Lavergne
Violetta Lazarova
Olivier Lejort
Yuna Lemasson
Jocelyne Lemery
Francois Lepeuple
Alexei Levchenko
Mikhail Levtchenko
Jacques Levy
Laurent Levy
Alexis Loukakis
Zinaida Mamontova
Alexandre Marinov
Yves Marmion
Yves Marmion
Jean-charles Martel
Mina Matsumura
Francoise Maulmy-levy
Ludmila Mikhailova
Pascal Morisset
Agathe Moro
Gérard Moulévrier
Pierre-laurent Nicolas
Dimitar Nikolov
Ilya Ognev
Sergei Panteleiev
Christophe Paturange
Jerome Peyrebrune
Philippe Philipov
Svetlana Poberejnaia
Atanaska Popova
Roy Prendergast
Isabelle Proust
Isabelle Proust
Catherine Pujol
Francois Pulliat
Karine Raphael
Jean-pierre Reverdot
Michel Revest
Erwan Riou
Maggie Rodford
Alexandre Rodniansky
Patrick Sandrin
Herve Schneid
Guillaume Sciama
Boriana Semerdjieva
James Shearman
Stephane Sorlat
Vladimir Svetozarov
Isabelle Tat
Marie-france Taulere
Alexandre Tchetirkine
Bourian Tchomplov
Anatoly Tchouiko
Maroussia Tochkova
Leftera Todorova
Igor Tolstunov
Galina Toneva
Doriana Voutchkova
Régis Wargnier
Stephane Weibel
Alexandre Widmer
Alexandre Widmer
Nick Wollage
Tsvetlana Yankova
Khadija Zeggaï
Alexandre Zlatev
Vera Zoubtsova
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Foreign Language Film
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
The Country of France
Winner of the Independent Audience Award at the 2000 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Nominated for the 1999 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
Released in United States Spring October 8, 1999
Released in United States on Video October 3, 2000
Released in United States August 1999
Released in United States November 1999
Released in United States January 2000
Released in United States February 2000
Released in United States March 2000
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Piazza Grande) August 4-14, 1999.
Shown at Mar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina November 18-27, 1999.
Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival January 13-24, 2000.
Shown at Miami Film Festival (Closing Night) February 18-27, 2000.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 2-12, 2000.
Completed shooting late December 1998.
Began shooting August 24, 1998.
Released in United States Spring October 8, 1999
Released in United States on Video October 3, 2000
Released in United States August 1999 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Piazza Grande) August 4-14, 1999.)
Released in United States November 1999 (Shown at Mar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina November 18-27, 1999.)
Released in United States January 2000 (Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival January 13-24, 2000.)
Released in United States February 2000 (Shown at Miami Film Festival (Closing Night) February 18-27, 2000.)
Released in United States March 2000 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 2-12, 2000.)