As my first post, I have selected Eastern Promises.
Eastern Promises is a movie starring Naomi Watts and Viggo Mortnesen and directed by David Cronenberg. The harrowing tale tells of a midwife named Tatiana who helps a fourteen year old girl give birth. The girl soon dies while giving birth. Tatiana finds the diary and asks her Russian father to translate it. After seeing what a violent life she has had, she looks for the person who has abused her. She is lead to Nikolai, a member of the Russian mob.
Eastern Promises is the movie you wanted to see last year, but didn't get to. Mortensen (who got an Academy Award Nomination for this) and Watts give stunning performances. Cronenberg gives amazing direction as usual to this gritty crime drama. Everyone's favorite scene seems to be the bath house scene in which Viggo Mortensen fights two men...in the nude. A twist ending also helps the story along. See for yourself. It is currently airing on HBO.
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