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East/West (French: Est-Ouest; Russian: Восток-Запад, romanized: Vostok-Zapad) is a 1999 drama film directed by Régis Wargnier, starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menshikov, Catherine Deneuve and Sergei Bodrov Jr. It received generally positive reviews from critics.
Apr 9, 2000 · Presented as the true story of a Russian doctor (Menchikov) and his French wife (Bonnaire), who naively relocate to a brutal Soviet Union after World War II, "East-West" is based on the true...
- John Hartl
Apr 28, 2000 · “East-West” shows physical deprivation, but makes it clear that its characters are starving mostly for the clear air of freedom. It shows a system that is unjust and brutal, but made barely livable because the ordinary humans who enforce it are prey to universal human feelings.
Apr 7, 2000 · Marie and Alexei are trapped in a harsh, paranoid totalitarian state, and their predicament exacts its toll on the marriage. Alexei does well in his job, but Marie, in her bitterness and ...
In June 1946, Stalin invites the Russian exiled from the 1917 Revolution to return home. When the ships comes ashore in Odessa, the passengers are divided in two groups and one of them is executed. Among the survivors are Dr. Aleksei Golovin, his French wife Marie and their young son.
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- Adventure, Drama, History
- Régis Wargnier
- 2000-05-05
East West is a fantastic, beautiful film: part-love story, part-historical drama and part-Cold War thriller. It has elements of Frederick Forsyth, John le Carre and Boris Pasternak but surpasses them all by reaching the heightened realms of George Orwell.
Alexei Golovine (Oleg Menchikov), a doctor living in France who yearns for his homeland, brings his wife Marie (Sandrine Bonnaire) and his son Serioja with him. Upon their arrival in Russia, Marie is branded as an imperialist spy.
