East-West


2h 1999

Brief 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 fa

Film Details

Also Known As
East/West, Est, Ouest, Est-Ouest, Est-Ouest - Eine Liebe in Russland, vida prometida (Este-Oeste)
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Period
Romance
Release Date
1999
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Classics
Location
Bulgaria; France; Ukraine

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

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.

Crew

Lawrence Ashmore

Original Music

Roland Avoye

Camera

Rossitza Bakeva

Art Director

Olivier Banon

Camera

Pierre Bechir

Costumes

Andrei Belous

Production Manager

Vitalek Belous

Unit Manager

Sergei Bodrov

Screenplay

Victor Bojinov

Assistant Director

Delphine Bonnemason

Assistant Director

Olivier Burgaud

Sound

Mate Cantero

Associate Producer

Fabien Capdeville

Unit Manager

Marilena Cavola

Sound Mixer

Christophe Cheysson

Assistant Director

Gerard Crosnier

Production Manager

Laurent Dailland

Director Of Photography

Astrid Danielsson

Costumes

Eric Dardill

Sound Editor

Gonzague Isle De Beauchaine

Unit Manager

Alexia Hebert De Beauvoir

Assistant Director

Bruno De Dieuleveult

Storyboard Artist

Isabelle Delage

Script Supervisor

Dominique Delmasso

Sound

Patrick Doyle

Music

Nathanièle Esther

Casting

Pascal Ferrero

Hair Stylist

Svetlana Filakhtova

Art Director

Garabed Garabedian

Art Director

Louis Gardel

Screenplay

Pierre-yves Gayraud

Costume Designer

Patrick Girault

Hair Stylist

Chantal Glasman

Costumes

Ivanka Gorchinina

Makeup

Evgueni Guindilis

Executive Producer

Gerard Hardy

Sound

Rustam Ibragimbekov

Screenplay

Liza Ignazi

Sound Editor

Vladimir Kapitonenko

Assistant Director

Anna Katchouleva

Costumes

Larissa Khaliapina

Unit Manager

Denis Khaliapine

Unit Manager

Dimitri Kojema

Unit Manager

Irina Kojema

Unit Manager

Alexandre Kossev

Casting

Irina Kotcheva

Costumes

Yvetta Kotcheva

Art Director

Ivan Kyrilov

Unit Manager

Stefan Kyrilov

Unit Manager

Stephan Kyrilov

Executive Producer

Oceane Lavergne

Camera

Violetta Lazarova

Makeup

Olivier Lejort

Unit Manager

Yuna Lemasson

Unit Manager

Jocelyne Lemery

Makeup

Francois Lepeuple

Sound Effects

Alexei Levchenko

Production Designer

Mikhail Levtchenko

Art Director

Jacques Levy

Post-Production Sound

Laurent Levy

Sound Effects

Alexis Loukakis

Assistant Director

Zinaida Mamontova

Casting

Alexandre Marinov

Unit Manager

Yves Marmion

Executive Producer

Yves Marmion

Producer

Jean-charles Martel

Sound

Mina Matsumura

Makeup

Francoise Maulmy-levy

Post-Production Sound

Ludmila Mikhailova

Other

Pascal Morisset

Camera

Agathe Moro

Hair Stylist

Gérard Moulévrier

Casting Director

Pierre-laurent Nicolas

Unit Manager

Dimitar Nikolov

Unit Manager

Ilya Ognev

Other

Sergei Panteleiev

Camera

Christophe Paturange

Camera

Jerome Peyrebrune

Camera

Philippe Philipov

Unit Manager

Svetlana Poberejnaia

Costumes

Atanaska Popova

Makeup

Roy Prendergast

Music Editor

Isabelle Proust

Editor

Isabelle Proust

Sound Editor

Catherine Pujol

Camera

Francois Pulliat

Unit Manager

Karine Raphael

Unit Manager

Jean-pierre Reverdot

Art Director

Michel Revest

Camera

Erwan Riou

Unit Manager

Maggie Rodford

Music Producer

Alexandre Rodniansky

Executive Producer

Patrick Sandrin

Executive Producer

Herve Schneid

Editor

Guillaume Sciama

Sound

Boriana Semerdjieva

Costumes

James Shearman

Music

Stephane Sorlat

Associate Producer

Vladimir Svetozarov

Production Designer

Isabelle Tat

Post-Production Sound

Marie-france Taulere

Makeup

Alexandre Tchetirkine

Unit Manager

Bourian Tchomplov

Unit Manager

Anatoly Tchouiko

Unit Manager

Maroussia Tochkova

Production Consultant

Leftera Todorova

Makeup

Igor Tolstunov

Associate Producer

Galina Toneva

Executive Producer

Doriana Voutchkova

Costumes

Régis Wargnier

Screenplay

Stephane Weibel

Unit Manager

Alexandre Widmer

Sound Editor

Alexandre Widmer

Foley Editor

Nick Wollage

Music

Tsvetlana Yankova

Art Director

Khadija Zeggaï

Costumes

Alexandre Zlatev

Camera

Vera Zoubtsova

Assistant Director

Film Details

Also Known As
East/West, Est, Ouest, Est-Ouest, Est-Ouest - Eine Liebe in Russland, vida prometida (Este-Oeste)
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Period
Romance
Release Date
1999
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Classics
Location
Bulgaria; France; Ukraine

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Award Nominations

Best Foreign Language Film

1999

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.)