East/West
“An unforgettable story of love, betrayal and survival.”
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.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
35 people
Catherine Deneuve
Gabrielle Develay
Known for
Dancer in the Dark
Repulsion
Sandrine Bonnaire
Marie
Known for
La Cérémonie
Vagabond
Oleg Menshikov
Aleksei Golovin
Known for
Invasion
Burnt by the Sun
Sergei Bodrov Jr.
Sasha Vasilyev
Known for
Brother
Prisoner of the Mountains
Tatyana Dogileva
Olga
Known for
The Vampires of Midland
Mira
Bohdan Stupka
Colonel Boyko
Known for
Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
Home
Ruben Tapiero
Seryozha, à 7 ans
Also in
The Strawman
Garonne
Erwan Baynaud
Seryozha, à 14 ans
Also in
Théo et Marie
The Machine
Grigori Manoukov
Pirogov
Known for
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Lorna's Silence
Meglena Karalambova
Nina Fyodorovna
Known for
The Offering
Tania Massalitinova
Anastasia Aleksandrovna
Also in
Armourless Knight
Farewell, Friends!
Valentin Ganev
Volodya Petrov
Known for
Boyka: Undisputed IV
The Abandoned
Régis Wargnier Director · Rustam Ibragimbekov Screenplay Sergei Bodrov Screenplay
Worldwide gross $6M · Budget $12M · United States release April 7, 2000
Box office
Budget
$11,500,000
Worldwide gross
$6,032,000
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
UGC YM
Production
France 3 Cinéma
Production
Not relevant
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio
NTV-Profit
Production
Bulgaria · France · Russia · Spain · Ukraine · Portugal · Brazil
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Est-Ouest
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · Russian
Release dates
France · September 1, 1999
Theatrical
United States · April 7, 2000
Theatrical
Czechia
May 11, 2000 · Theatrical
Greece
August 18, 2000 · Theatrical
Russia
April 7, 2000 · Theatrical
Türkiye
February 2, 2001 · Theatrical
More from Régis Wargnier
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked East/West
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.