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Eastern Promises (2007)

★ 7.3 · 3,690 ratings on TMDB

Every sin leaves a mark.

Eastern Promises poster★ 7.3

A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

DirectorDavid Cronenberg
CastAleksandar Mikic, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Donald Sumpter, Jerzy Skolimowski, Josef Altin, Naomi Watts
GenresCrime, Mystery, Thriller
The emergence reading

Eastern Promises keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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