Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises

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DVD

Every sin leaves a mark
"Brilliant film. Brilliant director. Eastern Promises is Mortensen's Tour de force" - Rolling Stone
"Mortensen is brilliant - brooding, deadly, and tatooed within an inch of his life" - The Times
"Stylish and gripping" - Esquire
After a young teenage mother dies during childbirth, midwife Anna resolves to try to trace the baby's relatives. Guided by the girl's personal diary she meets Semyon, the charming proprietor of a plush Trans-Siberian restaurant who impeccably masks his cold and brutal acts as the head of one of London's most notorious Eastern European crime families. Semyon's volatile son Kirill, who is also part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood, and the family's mysterious driver, Nikolai, soon cross her path as Anna accidentally unleashes the full fury of the Vory...

Eastern Promises
reteams acclaimed director David Cronenberg with his A History of Violence leading man Viggo Mortensen.
Starring:
  • Viggo Mortensen
  • Naomi Watts
  • Vincent Cassel
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl
Directed by David Cronenberg
Special Features:
  • Secrets and Stories
  • Marked for Life