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.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 28 wins & 74 nominations total
Aleksandar Mikic
- Soyka
- (as Aleksander Mikic)
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse
- Tatiana
- (as Sarah Jeanne Labrosse)
Doña Croll
- Nurse
- (as Dona Croll)
Sinéad Cusack
- Helen
- (as Sinead Cusack)
Tatiana Maslany
- Tatiana
- (voice)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaThe 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.'
- GoofsAfter 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
Anna: Why are you doing this, why are you helping us?
Nikolai Luzhin: I can't become king if someone else already sits on the throne.
- SoundtracksJust a Little
Written by Michelle Escottery, John Hammond-Hagan and George Hammond-Hagan
Performed by Liberty X
Courtesy of V2 Music Ltd.
Featured review
Russian mobsters, a rainy, murky London, a midwife and Viggo Mortensen makes this David Cronemberg film a perfect companion piece to his "A History Of Violence". My two favourite films of this idiosyncratic and fascinating director. Naomi Watts and motherhood go beautifully together and it's her gutsy maternal instinct that throws her in a world populated by truly horrible people. The trick is, we go with her and within that brutal world we meet some memorable characters. Viggo Mortensen, what an actor! His fearlessness is riveting, he's also beautiful beyond words. We think we can read him but we doubt our own thoughts, he's in total control of his character and of his audience. He has the face of an icon and he underplays it, over playing it. If you see History Of Violence and Eastern Promises you'll understand what I mean. This is not a film to like but to love and I loved it.
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- Dec 24, 2007
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- Promesas peligrosas
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- Budget
- £25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,266,000
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $547,092
- Sep 16, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $56,107,312
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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