Eastern Promises 2007
7.6 /10
THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS. - 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.
Run Time: . MMPA: 18 . Release: Sep 14, 2007
Director: Director: David Cronenberg,
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943
8 /10
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
Run Time: 163 Min . MMPA: 7 . Release: Jul 26, 1943
Director: Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell,
Stars: Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Adolf Wohlbrck, Roland Culver, James McKechnie,
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain 2021
6.8 /10
The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.
Run Time: 111 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Oct 21, 2021
Director: Director: Will Sharpe,
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Sharon Rooney,
Steaming 1985
5.8 /10
Steaming is the final film directed by Joseph Losey. It was adapted from Nell Dunn's play by Patricia Losey and Nell Dunn. It is about three women who meet regularly in a steam room and decide to fight its closure.
Run Time: 95 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: May 22, 1985
Director: Director: Joseph Losey,
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Diana Dors, Patti Love, Brenda Bruce,
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