East/West
Seen it?1999 | 121 min | Drama, Romance
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and a box office loss, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics.
- The mood
- Warm and romantic.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 1 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) are sent to Kiev. She wants to return to France immediately; he knows that they are captives and must watch every step.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
65% on Rotten Tomatoes, 61 on Metacritic
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsBelow par
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$9 million worldwide on a $12 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 12K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Régis Wargnier
- Catherine DeneuveGabrielle Develay
- Sandrine BonnaireMarie
- Oleg MenshikovAleksei Golovin
- Sergei Bodrov Jr.Sasha Vasilyev
- Tatyana DogilevaOlga
- Bohdan StupkaColonel Boyko
- Ruben TapieroSeryozha, à 7 ans
- Erwan BaynaudSeryozha, à 14 ans
- Grigori ManoukovPirogov
- Meglena KaralambovaNina Fyodorovna