Est-Ouest

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East/West (Est-Ouest)
Directed by Régis Wargnier
Produced by Yves Marmion
Written by Rustam Ibragimbekov
Sergei Bodrov
Régis Wargnier
Starring Sandrine Bonnaire
Catherine Deneuve
Oleg Menshikov
Cinematography Laurent Dailland
Distributed by Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)
Release date(s) 1999
Running time 121 min
Language Flag of France French
Flag of Russia Russian
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Est-Ouest (english title:East/West) is a 1999 french film directed by Régis Wargnier, starring Catherine Deneuve, Sandrine Bonnaire and Oleg Menshikov.

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After the Second World War, Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a shipload from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison.