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Universal acclaim - based on 35 Critics

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 159 Ratings

Summary: In London, the Russian pregnant teenager Tatiana arrives bleeding in a hospital, and the doctors save her baby only. The Russian descendant midwife Anna Khitrova finds Tatiana's diary written in Russian language in her belongings and decided to find her family to deliver the baby, she brings the diary home and ask her uncle Stepan to translate the document. Stepan refuses, but Anna finds a card of a restaurant owned by the Russian Semyon inside the diary and she visits the old man trying to find a lead to contact Tatiana's family. When she mentions the existence of the diary, Semyon immediately offers to translate the document. However, Stepan translates part of the diary and Anna discovers that Semyon and his sick son Kirill had raped Tatiana when she was fourteen years old and forced her to work as prostitute in a brothel of their own. Further, Semyon is the dangerous boss of the Russian mafia "Vory v Zakone", jeopardizing the safety of Anna and her family. Meanwhile, Semyon's driver Nikolai Luzhin gets close to Kirill and Semyon, climbing positions in the criminal organization, but he helps Anna, her family and the baby.
Runtime: 100 min
Rating: Rated R for strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic sexuality, language and nudity.
Production: BBC Films
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Countries: USA, UK, Canada
Languages: English, Urdu, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish
Home Release Date: Dec 26, 2007
Director Credit
David Cronenberg Director
Writer Credit
Steven Knight Screenplay
Principal Cast Credit
Armin Mueller-Stahl Semyon
Naomi Watts Anna
Viggo Mortensen Nikolai
Cast Credit
Aleksander Mikic Soyka
Badi Uzzaman Chemist
Doña Croll Nurse
Jerzy Skolimowski Stepan
Josef Altin Ekrem
Lalita Ahmed Customer
Mina E. Mina Azim
Raza Jaffrey Doctor Aziz
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse Tatiana
Sinéad Cusack Helen
Tatiana Maslany Tatiana
Vincent Cassel Kirill
Producer Credit
David M. Thompson Executive Producer
Jeff Abberley Executive Producer
Julia Blackman Executive Producer
Paul Webster Producer
Robert Lantos Producer
Stephen Garrett Executive Producer
Tracey Seaward Co-Producer
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