Est-Ouest
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East/West (Est-Ouest) | |
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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 | French 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.
[edit] Plot
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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.