Eastern promises / Serendipity Point Films ; BBC Films ; Focus Features ; Kudos Film and Television ; Scion Films ; produced by Robert Lantos, Paul Webster ; screenplay by Steve Knight ; directed by David Cronenberg.
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. Semyon heads the syndicate and is the proprietor of a plush Trans-Siberian restaurant. But his friendliness at the restaurant masks a cold and brutal core. Fortunes are tested by Semyon's volatile son and enforcer, Kirill. But Nikolai's carefully maintained existence is jarred once he crosses paths at Christmastime with Anna Khitrova, a midwife at a North London hospital. Anna is deeply affected by the death of a teenager while giving birth to a baby. Anna resolves to try and trace the baby's lineage and relatives. The girl has a personal diary, but it is written in Russian. Anna's Russian-born uncle urges caution. Anna 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. Hanging in the balance is a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Widescreen ed.
- Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Home Entertainment, [2007]
- Copyright: ©2007
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from container. Special features: Secrets and stories; marked for life. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Peter Suschitzky ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; music, Howard Shore ; costume designer, Denise Cronenberg ; production designer, Carol Spier. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl. |
Target Audience Note: | Rated R; strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic sexuality, language, and nudity. |
System Details Note: | DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVD-9, single-sided. |
Language Note: | English or dubbed French dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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Subject: | Organized crime > England > London > Drama. Midwives > England > London > Drama. Russians > England > London > Drama. Orphans > England > London > Drama. Crimen organizado > Inglaterra > London > Teatro. Comadronas > Inglaterra > London > Teatro. London (England) > Drama. |
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- 12 of 12 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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Alexandria-Monroe PL - Alexandria | DRAMA EAS (Text) | DVD | 37521530624115 | AMPL Adult Drama | Available | - |
Fulton Co PL - Rochester Main Library | DVD ACT/ADV EAS (Text) | DVD | 33187002617658 | Digital Video Disc | Available | - |
Greenwood PL - Greenwood | MOVIE Eastern (Text) | DVD | 36626102744430 | 2nd Floor Adult Media | Available | - |
Mooresville PL - Mooresville | DVD FIC EAS (Text) | DVD | 37323005122166 | DVD | Available | - |
New Castle-Henry County PL - New Castle | DVD DRAMA EAST (Text) | DVD | 39231033048840 | Audiovisual Collection | Available | - |
Newburgh Chandler PL - Bell Road Library | DVD EASTERN (ACTION/ADV) (Text) | DVD | 39206019984473 | Audiovisual - DVD | Available | - |
Otterbein PL - Otterbein | DVD EAS (Text) | DVD | 34046000420144 | DVD Collection | Available | - |
Paoli PL - Paoli | DVD E (Text) | DVD | 79593000034204 | DVD - Rated R | Available | - |
Plainfield-Guilford Twp PL - Plainfield | DVD EASTE (Text) | DVD | 31208910561911 | audiovisual | Available | - |
Vernon Twp PL - Fortville | DVD EASTERN (Text) | DVD | 38301000015162 | Audiovisual - Movies | Available | - |