Eastern Promises
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
David Cronenberg
Aleksander Mikic
Boris Isarov
Donald Sumpter
Badi Uzzaman
Lalita Ahmed
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
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 during Christmas 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 irascible Russian-born uncle Stepan urges caution. He is right to do so; by delving into the diary, Anna has 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. The family tightens its grip on him; who can, or should, he trust? Several lives--including his own--hang in the balance as a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution reverberates through the darkest corners of both the family and London itself.
Director
David Cronenberg
Cast
Aleksander Mikic
Boris Isarov
Donald Sumpter
Badi Uzzaman
Lalita Ahmed
Andrej Borkowski
Raza Jaffrey
Radoslaw Kaim
Rhodri Miles
Dona Croll
Yuri Klimov
Ksenia Lavrentieva
Lillibet Langley
Sarah-jeanne Labrosse
Gergo Danka
Mina Mina
Michael Sarne
Tamer Hassan
Olegar Fedoro
Armin Mueller-stahl
Elisa Lasowski
Jerzy Skolimowski
Naomi Watts
Faton Gerbeshi
Mia Soteriou
Viggo Mortensen
Sinead Cusack
Shannon-fleur Roux
David Papava
Tereza Srbova
Alice Henley
Vincent Cassel
Cristina Catalina
Josef Altin
Crew
Jeff Abberley
Barry Abbott
David Abbott
Lucy Allen
Chris Allkins
Mark Appleby
Philip Arditti
Gary Arthurs
Hailu Asfaw
Clint Bailey
Vanessa Baker
Gavin Ball
Jon Banks
Paul Barker
Lauren Barnhart
Greg Barrett
Robin Baynton
Orin Beaton
Mike Beaven
Ronald Bede
Nicola Benedetti
Barb Benoit
Dennis Berardi
Robert Bertola
Bruce Bigg
Peter Bigg
William Bimpson
Bryony Birkbeck
Julia Blackman
Kathryn Blight
Christine Blundell
Deirdre Bowen
Tom Bowes
Kyle Boylen
Allan Bradshaw
Chris Bradshaw
Roy Branch
Francis Brant
Julie Brinkman
David Broder
Clive Broom
Catharine Brown
Kevin Brown
Nicholas Bucknell
Daniela Burcea
Corina Burrough
Ruth Caleb
Cherri Campbell
Viveene Campbell
Fiona Campbell-westgate
Stephanie Carey
Tommy Carlin
Dan Carnegie
Paul Carr
Graham Caulfield
Leonie Heys Cerchio
Luke Chisholm
Barry Cholerton
Lennie Clark
John Clarke
Roy Clarke
Dean Clegg
Christopher Cockburn
Diarmuid Coghlan
Andy Cole
John Colley
Stanley Cook
Christian Cooke
Christian Cooke
Kate Cooper
Chris Corke
George Cottle
David Creed
Ian Creed
Denise Cronenberg
Catherine Currie
Tony Currie
Kate Curtis
Kate Curtis
Heiko Daugau
Jo Davies
Michael Dawson
John Daynes
John Dearn
Mark Dearn
Catherine Derry
Catherine Derry
Brendan Donnison
Kevin Dore
Dawn Draper
Rob Dugdale
Robert Dunn
Jennifer Dunnington
Stephan Dupuis
Peter Edge
Manex Efrem
Nigel Egerton
Bibs Ekkel
Karen Elliott
Robert Ellis
Michelle Escoffery
Judy Farr
Olegar Fedoro
Mike Fiddock
Luke Fisher
Kevin Fitzpatrick
Michael Fleming
Ian Ford
Pauline Fowler
Vic Fraser
Charmaine Fuller
John Furniotis
Susan Furniotis
Matt Gallagher
Stephen Garrett
Walter Gasparovic
Rob Gavigan
Helen Gavriel
James Gibb
David Gibson
Andrea Gobbatto
Lee Goddard
Tony Goddard
Nina Gold
Jamie Gould
Alastair Gray
Dave Grayson
Mary-lou Green-benvenuti
Wayne Griffin
Annu Gulati
George Hammond Hagan
John Hammond Hagan
Ruth Halliday
Rod Hambline
Rod Hambline
Alexis Hamilton
Tamsin Hanks
Dorian Harewood
Pat Harrison
Darren Harvey
Esin Harvey
Peter Hasler
John Heayn
Paul Herbert
Robert Hill
Rebecca Holmes
Victoria Holt
Noel Hooper
Benjamin Howard
Mick Hurrell
Matthew Hussey
Joe Iacono
Weisbord Del Gaudio Iacono
Nick Iannelli
Ahmad Ismail
Andrew Jack
Scott Jacobson
Carlton Jarvis
Chris Kearey
William Keenan
Nick Kenealy
Ben Kerr
Roy Kirkman
Steven Knight
Greg Knowles
Samantha Knox-johnston
Helen Koutas
Goro Koyama
Richard Lancaster
Robert Lantos
Steve Lawrence
Mai-ling Lee
Stephen Lee
Sam Leek
Susanna Lenton
Trevor Lewis
Sarah Lindfield
Abbie Lister
Mitch Lowe
Dave Lowery
Chris Mackenzie
Danny Madden
Vince Madden
Andy Malcolm
Anna Malkin
Andrew Mannion
Candy Marlowe
Mick Martin
Waldo Mason
Waldo Mason
Haydn Masuda
Sandra Mccallig
Adrian Mccarthy
Con Mcclosky
Daniel Meaker
Lisa Meller
Peter Mercer
Julie Merritt
Amy Merry
Rudy Michael
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Actor
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States September 2007 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Official Selection) September 20-29, 2007.)
Winner of the 2007 award for Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen) by the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA).
Winner of the 2007 Satellite Award for Best Actor - Drama (Viggo Mortensen) by the International Press Academy (IPA).
Winner of the People's Choice Award at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.
Released in United States Fall September 14, 2007
Limited Release in United States September 14, 2007
Released in United States on Video December 23, 2007
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States September 2007
Shown at London Film Festival (Opening Night Gala) October 17-November 1, 2007.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Official Selection) September 20-29, 2007.
Released in United States Fall September 14, 2007
Limited Release in United States September 14, 2007
Released in United States on Video December 23, 2007
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at London Film Festival (Opening Night Gala) October 17-November 1, 2007.)
