Eastern Promises is a 2007 British-Canadian gangster film directed by David Cronenberg from a screenplay by Steven Knight. The film tells the story of Anna (Naomi Watts), a Russian-British midwife who delivers the baby of a drug-addicted 14-year old trafficked Ukrainian girl who dies in childbirth. After Anna learns that the teen was forced into prostitution by the Russian Mafia in London, the leader of the Russian gangsters (Armin Mueller-Stahl) threatens the baby's life, and Anna is warned off by his menacing henchman (Viggo Mortensen).
Principal photography began in November 2006, in locations in and around London. The film has been noted for its treatment of the subject of sex trafficking, and for its violence and realistic depiction of Russian career criminals, which includes detailed portrayal of the tattoos which indicate their crimes and criminal status. Eastern Promises received critical acclaim, appearing on several critics' "top 10 films" lists for 2007 and has since become a cult film. The film has won several awards, including the Audience Prize for best film at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Best Actor award for Mortensen at the British Independent Film Awards. The film received twelve Genie Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations. Mortensen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
EasternPromises is a 2007 British-Canadian gangster film directed by David Cronenberg from a screenplay by Steven Knight. The film tells the story of...
Easternpromise may refer to: EasternPromise, a species of the genus Sorbus of trees and shrubs EasternPromises, a 2007 gangster film directed by David...
with starring roles in I Heart Huckabees (2004), King Kong (2005), EasternPromises (2007), and The International (2009). For her role as Maria Bennett...
films with Viggo Mortensen, including A History of Violence (2005), EasternPromises (2007), A Dangerous Method (2011) and Crimes of the Future (2022)....
(1998), Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007), as well as EasternPromises (2007), Black Swan (2010), and Jason Bourne (2016). In 2020, he appeared...
filmmaker David Cronenberg in the thrillers A History of Violence (2005), EasternPromises (2007), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor...
final instalment The Return of the King (2003). His performances in EasternPromises (2007), Captain Fantastic (2016) and Green Book (2018) earned him nominations...
screenplays for the films Closed Circuit, Dirty Pretty Things, and EasternPromises, and also wrote and directed the films Locke and Hummingbird (a.k.a...
She-Hulk. Her other notable films include Diary of the Dead (2007), EasternPromises (2007), The Vow (2012), Picture Day (2012), Cas and Dylan (2013), Woman...
Albery Theatre, London, and was cast in the David Cronenberg film EasternPromises. Jaffrey left Spooks to join the BBC One drama series Mistresses and...
between Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen (after A History of Violence and EasternPromises). This is also the third Cronenberg film made with British film producer...
Game of Thrones. Other notable performances is his role as Ekrem in EasternPromises and his roles in The Bill, Peep Show, and Casualty. He starred in D...
the action thriller A History of Violence (2005), the gangster film EasternPromises (2007), the erotic historical drama A Dangerous Method (2011), the...
has had roles in films including The Ferryman, Batman Begins, Cass, EasternPromises, and Clash of the Titans, in which he portrayed Ares, the ancient Greek...
Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural...
Dutch and German. Lasowski has acted roles in productions including EasternPromises (2007), Somers Town (2008), Line of Duty (2012), Game of Thrones (2013)...
The Promised Land (Hebrew: הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ha'aretz hamuvtakhat; Arabic: أرض الميعاد, translit.: ard al-mi'ad) is Middle Eastern land in the...
actress, writer and model best known for her roles in David Cronenberg's EasternPromises, Trevor Nunn's Red Joan, HBO/Cinemax series Strike Back and Tom Clancy's...
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Saving Mr. Banks, My Week with Marilyn, EasternPromises, Match Point, Jane Eyre, In the Loop, An Education, StreetDance 3D...
side-splitting scenes." The Lord of the Rings, A History of Violence and EasternPromises actor Viggo Mortensen is reportedly a fan of the film. The film has...
Eastness in Central and Eastern Europe. doi:10.4324/9781315819006. ISBN 9781317818571. S2CID 129401740. Kalnoky, Boris. "Easternpromise and Western pretension...
theremin. During 2007 he also composed the scores for The Last Mimzy and EasternPromises, the latter of which includes a section that has been performed in...
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collaborations with Cronenberg on the films Naked Lunch, Crash, and EasternPromises. Documentary shorts TV movies TV series BAFTA Awards Canadian Screen...
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