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Director:
Writer:
Steven Knight (screenplay)
Release Date:
21 September 2007 (USA)
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Tagline:
Every sin leaves a mark.
Plot:
A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 24 wins
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35 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(19 articles)
Del Toro Was Autograph Hunters' Favourite At Toronto Film Festival
(From WENN. 17 September 2008, 9:04 AM, PDT)
Boyle Leads Toronto Film Festival Prizes
(From WENN. 14 September 2008, 7:07 AM, PDT)
(From WENN. 17 September 2008, 9:04 AM, PDT)
Boyle Leads Toronto Film Festival Prizes
(From WENN. 14 September 2008, 7:07 AM, PDT)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Josef Altin | ... | Ekrem | |
| Mina E. Mina | ... | Azim | |
| Aleksander Mikic | ... | Soyka | |
| Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse | ... | Tatiana (as Sarah Jeanne Labrosse) | |
| Lalita Ahmed | ... | Customer | |
| Badi Uzzaman | ... | Chemist | |
| Naomi Watts | ... | Anna | |
| Doña Croll | ... | Nurse (as Dona Croll) | |
| Raza Jaffrey | ... | Doctor Aziz | |
| Sinéad Cusack | ... | Helen (as Sinead Cusack) | |
| Jerzy Skolimowski | ... | Stepan | |
| Tatiana Maslany | ... | Tatiana (voice) | |
| Viggo Mortensen | ... | Nikolai | |
| Vincent Cassel | ... | Kirill | |
| Armin Mueller-Stahl | ... | Semyon |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Promesses de l'ombre (Canada: French title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic sexuality, language and nudity.
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Runtime:
100 min | Canada:96 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:R |
UK:18 |
Australia:R |
Ireland:18 |
Canada:14A (Manitoba) |
Canada:16+ (Quebec) |
Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) |
Finland:K-18 |
Norway:18 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
Taiwan:R-18 |
Hong Kong:III |
Singapore:M18 |
Portugal:M/16 |
France:-12 |
Sweden:15 |
Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) |
Germany:16 |
Italy:VM14 |
Brazil:16 |
Malaysia:18PL (cut) |
Argentina:16 |
Israel:18 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Japan:R-18 |
Thailand:PD-14 |
Canada:XXX (Nova Scotia) |
South Korea:18 |
Australia:MA (Cable TV rating) |
Iceland:16
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To prepare for his role, Viggo Mortensen traveled alone to Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Ural Mountain region of Siberia, where he spent five days driving around without a translator. He read books on the gangs of the vory v zakone (thieves in law), Russian prison culture and the importance of prison tattoos as criminal résumés, and perfected his character's Siberian accent and learned lines in Russian, Ukrainian and English. During filming, he used worry beads made in prison from melted-down plastic cigarette lighters and decorated his trailer with copies of Russian icons.
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Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Anna is leaving Trans-Siberian for the second time, Nicolai kisses her goodbye once on each cheek. Anyone who has ever been to a Russian house for a visit knows that Russians kiss three times back, once on each cheek, returning back to the first cheek for the last kiss.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Moonlit Night
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What is that little thing Nikolai keeps playing with?What do Nikolai's tattoos mean?
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First of all it is amazing the amount of research that went into this movie. When Mortissen's characters says that his father worked for the government, in Russian he actually says: "Hunched his back for the uncle"! Even the poster with little and index finger straighter then the rest, it all breathers authenticity.
I didn't go in expecting non-Russian actors to suddenly have no accent, but I did have hesitations about the pronunciation, that usually tends to be horrible. Not so here, despite the accent (that was slight), the intonation, the way the characters cary themselves especially Mortinssen's are very Russian. (Even his less then perfect English sounds Russia when he misses articles: "Not good place for girl to grow up.") Overall the director shows a bit of what a real SinCity looks like. Violence is like a snap of a whip, sudden and loud. The movie is very stylish, but without trying to be so. It's just how these people like to live their lifes. A lot has been said about acting and it is true Mortinssen really delivers. All the auther actors are great too though, there is no weak link in this movie.
Anyway the bottom line: The most authentic movie about Russian mobsters that the west has produced so far. Furthermore I find the only aspect in which it looses to the Godfather is scope. Although the movie is complete I can not help, but to want for more. The best film I've seen this year.