Cast
Catherine Deneuve
as Gabrielle Develay
Sandrine Bonnaire
as Marie
Oleg Menshikov
as Aleksei Golovin
Sergei Bodrov Jr.
as Sasha Vasilyev
Tatyana Dogileva
as Olga
Bohdan Stupka
as Colonel Boyko
Ruben Tapiero
as Seryozha, à 7 ans
Erwan Baynaud
as Seryozha, à 14 ans
Grigori Manoukov
as Pirogov
Meglena Karalambova
as Nina Fyodorovna
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1999
Runtime2h 01m
LanguageFrench
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, Romance
Votes72
DirectorRégis Wargnier
WritersRustam Ibragimbekov, Sergei Bodrov, Régis Wargnier
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.4 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsEast/West
About East/West
June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) are sent to Kiev. She wants to return to France immediately; he knows that they are captives and must watch every step.
Directed by Régis Wargnier, East/West leans on a strong ensemble — Catherine Deneuve, Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menshikov — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1999.
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