Eastern Promises

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Original title: Eastern Promises
Year: 2007
Running time: 99 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: David Cronenberg
Screenwriter: Steven Knight
Music: Howard Shore
Cinematography: Peter Suschitzky
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinead Cusack, Donald Sumpter, Jerzy Skolimowski, Josef Altin, Mina E. Mina, Aleksandar Mikic, Tatiana Maslany
Producer: Co-production United Kingdom-United States-Canada; BBC Films / Astral Media / Corus Entertainment / Téléfilm Canada / Kudos Productions Ltd / Serendipity Point Films / Scion Films. Distributed by Focus Features
Genre: Thriller. Drama | Mafia. Crime
Synopsis / Plot: Mysterious, charismatic Russian-born Nikolai is the chauffeur for one of the most notorious families in the Eastern European crime ring. Headed by Semyon, the charming owner of an expensive Russian restaurant whose smiling face conceals a brutal, cold-blooded other side, the family fortune is upset by Kirill, his mad son, who listens more to Nikolai than he does to his own father. But the cautious Nikolai has an instant change of face on meeting Anna, a midwife working in a London hospital. Anna is badly upset by the conditions surrounding the death of a young girl in childbirth, and decides to find her family based on the diary she left, written in Russian. Digging into the diary, Anna unwittingly unleashes the gangsters’ fury.

Awards: 2007: Nominated for Oscar: Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen)

2007: 3 Nominations Golden Globe: Best Movie Drama, OST, Actor Drama (Mortensen)

2007: 2 Nominations for BAFTA: Best British Movie and Actor (Viggo Mortensen)

2007: San Sebastian Film Festival: Official selection

2007: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen)

2007: Nominated for Cesar: Best Foreign Language Picture

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2007: Toronto Film Festival: People's Choice Award (Best Film)

2007: Nominated for Critics' Choice Awards: Best Actor (Mortensen)

2007: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Best Actor (Mortensen). 5 Nominations

2007: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nominated for Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen)

2007: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen)

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