East/West (1999)

Original title

Est-Ouest

Directed by

Régis Wargnier

Genre

drama film, romance film, historical film

Country

Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, France

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

12+

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 71 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1946, a Russian doctor returns to the Soviet Union with his French wife and son, hoping for a new life. They face suspicion and danger from the secret police.

suspensefulemotionaltensedramaticpoignantatmosphericbleakunsettling

What happens

East/West (French: Est-Ouest; Russian: «Восток-Запад», romanized: Vostok-Zapad) is a 1999 drama film directed by Régis Wargnier, starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menshikov, Catherine Deneuve and Sergei Bodrov Jr. It received generally positive reviews from critics. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 72nd Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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