East/West
An unforgettable story of love, betrayal and survival.
1999 · 121 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama, Romance
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 · Written by Rustam Ibragimbekov
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Catherine Deneuve Gabrielle Develay -
Sandrine Bonnaire Marie -
Oleg Menshikov Aleksei Golovin -
Sergei Bodrov Jr. Sasha Vasilyev -
Tatyana Dogileva Olga -
Bohdan Stupka Colonel Boyko - R Ruben Tapiero Seryozha, à 7 ans
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Grigori Manoukov Pirogov -
Meglena Karalambova Nina Fyodorovna -
Tania Massalitinova Anastasia Aleksandrovna -
Valentin Ganev Volodya Petrov
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