Les Promesses de l'ombre

Original title: Eastern Promises

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Gangster Crime Drama Thriller

A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

270K

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 28 wins & 74 nominations total

Soyka
(as Aleksander Mikic)

Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse

Tatiana
(as Sarah Jeanne Labrosse)

Lalita Ahmed

Customer

Badi Uzzaman

Chemist

Doña Croll

Nurse
(as Dona Croll)

Raza Jaffrey

Doctor Aziz

Sinéad Cusack

Helen
(as Sinead Cusack)

Jerzy Skolimowski

Stepan

Tatiana Maslany

Tatiana
(voice)

Vincent Cassel

Kirill

Shannon-Fleur Roux

Maria

Lillibet Langley

Violin Girl

Mia Soteriou

Azim's Wife

Director
- David Cronenberg
Writer
- Steven Knight
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Trivia
The tattoos around Nikolai's - Viggo Mortensen's character - ankles read "Where are you going?" and "What the fuck do you care?" in Russian. Mortensen thought that they were hilarious, that 'one foot doesn't respect the other.'

Goofs
After Nikolai was accepted by the mafia bosses, he gets his stars tattooed. When he is in the public bath, the tattoos seem to be completely healed. However, when they are entering the baths, a slight redness is perceivable around the stars. There was one day between these scenes. While the usual for a tattoo is to be brighter at first, it can be assumed that between the particular individual's skin, the lighting and the humidity of the baths, a normal tattoo could seem to be more healed than it actually is.

Quotes
Nikolai Luzhin: Sentimental value? Ah. I heard of that.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Shoot 'Em Up/Eastern Promises/Fierce People/The Brothers Solomon/In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)

Soundtracks
Just a Little
Written by Michelle Escottery, John Hammond-Hagan and George Hammond-Hagan
Performed by Liberty X
Courtesy of V2 Music Ltd.

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9/10

Viggo Mortensen Breaks New Ground

A terrific, tight, violent, homo erotic thriller with a soul and a heart and if that wasn't enough, Viggo Mortensen! He is an astonishing actor, he's always been. But now his Russian "I'm just a driver" goes further than most actors would have dared. He is magnetic. Cronenberg designs two lives again for him but this time the universe where he lives is made of monsters with an accent. The splendid Armin Mueller-Stahl's bonhomie doesn't fools us for a moment. "A diary?" That's enough for us to know and to fear. Vincent Cassel is also terrific and his down, tactile moments with Viggo Mortensen, have an erotic undercurrent that is impossible to ignore. Naomi Watts brings the heart to the proceedings without ever being sentimental. David Cronenberg, I feel, is entering a spectacular new face to his already remarkable career.