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Eastern Promises

Cronenberg's companion piece to 'A History of Violence' is a perversely entertaining crime thriller centred around midwife (Watts) who is drawn into the dark criminal underworld after she saves the newborn child of a Russian woman who dies on the operating table, leaving sparse clues as to her identity. A fascinating lesson in the East/West urban clash that stands as testament to its director's proficiency and intelligence.

  • Duration: 110
  • Certificate: 18
  • Director: David Cronenberg
  • Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel
  • Year: 2007
  • Country of origin: UK/Canada
  • Website: www.easternpromisesthemovie.co.uk
Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises

(4 stars)18 Oct 2007

THRILLER/DRAMA (18) 100min Friedrich Nietzsche once asked ‘if evil men have no songs, how is it that the Russians have songs?’ A similar tone of revulsion and envy runs through Steven Dirty Pretty Things Knight’s script for David Cronenberg’s new…

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