Est - Ouest
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. By chance, she meets a touring French actress and pleads for help. She also takes a young swimmer under her wing, and several years later, he makes a bold attempt to escape. Meanwhile, the KGB is suspicious, and hope for freedom is dim. Patience, her husband's self control, and her good looks may be their only assets.
PG-13
HD
Drama, History, Romance
1999
121 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Est - Ouest
- Duration : 121 min
- Languages : French, Russian
- Writers : Rustam Ibragimbekov, Sergey Bodrov, Louis Gardel, Règis Wargnier
- Directors : Règis Wargnier min
- Imdb : 7.5 (3802 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.9 (2495 votes)
- Actors : Oleg Menshikov, Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Deneuve, Sergey Bodrov Jr.
Movie Storyline
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. By chance, she meets a touring French actress and pleads for help. She also takes a young swimmer under her wing, and several years later, he makes a bold attempt to escape. Meanwhile, the KGB is suspicious, and hope for freedom is dim. Patience, her husband's self control, and her good looks may be their only assets.