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Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel
The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London’s most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family itself is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. Headed by Semyon, whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor of the plush Trans-Siberian restaurant impeccably masks a cold and brutal core, the family’s fortunes are tested by Semyon’s volatile son and enforcer, Kirill, who is more tightly bound to Nikolai than to his own father. But Nikolai’s carefully maintained existence is jarred once he crosses paths at Christmastime with Anna Khitrova, a midwife at a North London hospital. Anna is deeply affected by the desperate situation of a young teenager who dies while giving birth to a baby. Anna resolves to try to trace the baby’s lineage and relatives. The girl’s personal diary also survives her; it is written in Russian, and Anna seeks answers in it. Anna’s mother Helen does not discourage her, but Anna’s irascible Russian-born uncle Stepan urges caution. He is right to do so; by delving into the diary, Anna has accidentally unleashed the full fury of the Vory. With Semyon and Kirill closing ranks and Anna pressing her inquiries, Nikolai unexpectedly finds his loyalties divided. The family tightens its grip on him; who can, or should, he trust? Several lives--including his own--hang in the balance as a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution reverberates through the darkest corners of both the family and London itself.
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US Release Date
9/14/07
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic sexuality, language, and nudity.
Running Time
100 mins.
Locations
- London, England, United Kingdom
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$17,114,882
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 2007 Golden Satellite Award [Festival/Award Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2007 Genie Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2007 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Art Direction/Production Design award at the 2007 Genie Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound Editing award at the 2007 Genie Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound award at the 2007 Genie Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Score award at the 2007 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2007 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2007 Genie Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best British Film award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Costume Design award at the 2007 Genie Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 2007 Genie Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 2007 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2007 Genie Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2007 Genie Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Score award at the 2007 Genie Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2007 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Genie Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Drama award at the 2007 Golden Satellite Award [Festival/Award Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 2007 Genie Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2007 Golden Satellite Award [Festival/Award Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 2007 Golden Satellite Award [Festival/Award Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Austin Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Canadian Film award at the 2007 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Drama award at the 2007 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2007 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
Distributor
- Focus Features
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
