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Director David Cronenberg continues the exploration of violence and identity he started in his previous film A History of Violence in this similarly approachable and gripping gangster thriller set among Russian mobsters in London. Anna (Naomi Watts) is a midwife whose attempt to track down the identity of a teenager who dies in childbirth leads her into the violent underworld of racketeering and people-smuggling among the capital's Russian immigrant population. Viggo Mortensen is excellent as Nikolai, a Mob driver who babysits his temperamental boss (Vincent Cassel), while Armin Mueller-Stahl is alternately avuncular and threatening asthe gang's leader. Production values are also high — Howard Shore's score is suitably dramatic and Cronenberg's regular cinematographer Peter Suschitzky renders an atmospherically grimy view of London — and look out for a quite astonishingly staged fight scene in a Turkish baths. AS
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Running time
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96min
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Country of origin
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UK / Can / US
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Genre
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Thriller
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Original language
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English / Russian
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Screenplay
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Steve Knight [Steven Knight]
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Theatrical distributor
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Pathé
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UK cinema certificate
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18
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UK cinema release date
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October 2007
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Subtitling information
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In English, Russian with subtitles
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| Golden Globe 2007 |
Best Motion Picture Drama |
Robert Lantos |
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| Golden Globe 2007 |
Best Motion Picture Drama |
Paul Webster |
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| Golden Globe 2007 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama |
Viggo Mortensen |
Nominee |
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