Eastern Promises
2007

Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises (Original Title)

When a 14-year-old Russian girl dies in childbirth at a London hospital on Christmas Day, Russian midwife Anna (Naomi Watts) thinks something is fishy and secretly investigates the girl's origins, only to discover that she is not only a stowaway, but also a child prostitute who is deeply involved in the sex trade. Originally, Anna only wants to find out from her uncle's old friend Simon (Armin Müller-Stahl), but after a chance encounter with the mysterious and brooding Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), she discovers that the truth is more complicated than she thought..

2007年9月14日

You know, it never snows in this city. It's never hot. London is a city of whores and queers. I think London is to blame for what he is.

Our lines to Kabul are broken every two or three weeks. Why? The Americans. Fucking NATO.

How can I become king, if king is still in place?

My name is Tatiana. My father died in the mines in my village, so he was already buried when he died. We were all buried there. Buried under the soil of Russia. That is why I left, to find a better life. 

- Nice bike. Ural. You don't see them anymore.
- It was my dad's.
- How much do you want for it?
- It has sentimental value.
- "Sentimental value." I've heard of that.

In Russian prisons your life story is written on your body in tattoos. You don't have tattoos, you don't exist.

I'm not sure I can carry on another day. Sometimes I think this is all a hallucination.

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