EAST-WEST

Genre: drama/ romance
Year: 1999
Director: Rezhis Varnye
Screenwriter: Rustam Ibragimbekov, Lui Gardel, Sergey Bodrov-starshiy, Rezhis Varnye
Director of Photography: Loran Dayan, Lauran Dayan
Production Designer: Vladimir Svetozarov, Aleksey Levchenko
General Producer: Igor Tolstunov, Ive Marmillon
Writing credits:: Rustam Ibragimbekov, Sergei Bodrov, Louis Gardel, Regis Wargnier

Cast: Oleg Menshikov, Sandrin Bonner, Sergey Bodrov-mladshiy, Tatyana Dogileva, Katrin Denev, Atanas Atanasov, Bogdan Stupka, Ruben Tapyero, Eruan Bayno, Grigoriy Manukov, Meglena Karalambova, Zhoel Shapron

Annotation

After World War II, a steamship is taking the Russian émigré Alexei Golovin, his French wife and son back to his mother country, the Soviet Union. The successful doctor and his wife are full of hope. Like the many other emigrants who left Russia after the 1917 revolution, he is returning not to the country of the Bolsheviks but to the country which has defeated fascism.

Awards

2000 Nominated Oscar (Best Foreign Language Film France)
2000 Nominated César
2000 Best Actress (Meilleure actrice) Sandrine Bonnare
2000 Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) Regis Wargnier
2000 Best Film (Meilleur film)
2000 Best Music Written for a Film (Meilleure musique) Patrick Doyle
2000 Nominated Golden Globe – Best Foreign Language Film

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