Synopsis
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.
East/West (1999) is a 2h 1min drama feature film by Régis Wargnier. June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. Selected for Bolton International Film Festival (2022).
Key facts
Cast
Catherine Deneuve, Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov Jr., Tatyana Dogileva, Bohdan Stupka, Ruben Tapiero, Erwan Baynaud
Original language
French
First release
September 1, 1999 (France)
Setting
Odesa
Filming locations
Bulgaria
Crew
Screenplay
Louis Gardel, Régis Wargnier, Rustam Ibragimbekov, Sergei Bodrov
Producer
Alexander Rodnyansky, Evgeny Gindilis, Galina Toneva, Igor Tolstunov, Kiril Kirilov, Mate Cantero, Patrick Sandrin, Stéphane Sorlat, Yves Marmion
Cinematography
Laurent Dailland
Editing
Hervé Schneid
Music
Patrick Doyle
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
Titles
| Original title | [Est]Ouest | |
| Translated title | East-West | English, Québec |
Soundtracks
| CD | East - West (Est - Ouest) - Patrick Doyle, Roy Prendergast (1999) | 4 releases, 1999-2000: Sony Classical |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | France | September 1, 1999 |
| Theatrical | Russia | April 7, 2000 |
| Theatrical | United States | April 7, 2000 |
| Theatrical | Czech Republic | May 11, 2000 |
| Theatrical | Greece | August 18, 2000 |
| Theatrical | Turkey | February 2, 2001 |
Full credits
| Director | Régis Wargnier |
| Cast | Catherine Deneuve (Gabrielle Develay), Sandrine Bonnaire (Marie), Oleg Menshikov (Aleksei Golovin), Sergei Bodrov Jr. (Sasha Vasilyev), Tatyana Dogileva (Olga), Bohdan Stupka (Colonel Boyko), Ruben Tapiero (Seryozha, à 7 ans), Erwan Baynaud (Seryozha, à 14 ans), Grigori Manoukov (Pirogov), Meglena Karalambova (Nina Fyodorovna), Tania Massalitinova (Anastasia Aleksandrovna), Valentin Ganev (Volodya Petrov), Nikolai Binev (Sergei Kozlov), René Féret (Ambassadeur de France), Hubert Saint-Macary (Le conseiller de l'ambassadeur), Jauris Casanova (Fabiani), Joël Chapron (L'acteur de théatre), François Caron (Policier surveillance, Paris), Marie Verdi (Habilleuse), Ivan Savov (Moyta Petrov), Aleksandr Stolyarchuk (Cadet Petrov), Daniel Martin (Le capitaine turc), Malin Krastev (drunk man), Ivan Petrov (handicapped), Mac Marinov (third kid in the communal flat), Oleksii Vertynskyi (first policeman), Petro Panchuk (Father Georgiy), Kalin Yavorov (Leonid Kozlov), Banko Bankov (investigator), Plamen Manassiev (second officer), Maxim Genchev (mayor of Kiev), Emil Markov (Caucasian), Valentin Tanev (policeman), Neonila Beletskaya (Irina), Atanas Atanasov (Viktor) |
| Screenplay | Louis Gardel, Régis Wargnier, Rustam Ibragimbekov, Sergei Bodrov |
| Producer | Alexander Rodnyansky, Evgeny Gindilis, Galina Toneva, Igor Tolstunov, Kiril Kirilov, Mate Cantero, Patrick Sandrin, Stéphane Sorlat, Yves Marmion |
| Cinematography | Laurent Dailland |
| Editing | Hervé Schneid |
| Music | Patrick Doyle |
| Production design | Oleksii Levchenko, Vladimir Svetozarov |
| Costumes | Pierre-Yves Gayraud |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
