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''East/West'' is a 1999 film directed by Regis Wargnier, starring Sandrine Bonnaire and Creator/OlegMenshikov.
Russia, 1946. In the wake of the Soviet victory in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, UsefulNotes/JosefStalin has issued a blanket amnesty for all Russian expats who have been exiled since UsefulNotes/RedOctober in 1917. The film opens with a boat bringing exiles back from Franch. Among them are Aleksei Golovin (Menshikov), his French wife Marie (Bonnaire), and their 7-year-old son Seryozha.
Russia, 1946. In the wake of the Soviet victory in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, UsefulNotes/JosefStalin has issued a blanket amnesty for all Russian expats who have been exiled since UsefulNotes/RedOctober in 1917. The film opens with a boat bringing exiles back from Franch. Among them are Aleksei Golovin (Menshikov), his French wife Marie (Bonnaire), and their 7-year-old son Seryozha.
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''East/West'' is a 1999 film directed by Regis Wargnier, starring Sandrine Bonnaire Creator/SandrineBonnaire and Creator/OlegMenshikov.
Russia, USSR, 1946. In the wake of the Soviet victory in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, UsefulNotes/JosefStalin has issued a blanket amnesty for all Russian expats who have been exiled since UsefulNotes/RedOctober in 1917. The film opens with a boat bringing exiles back from Franch. Among them are Aleksei Golovin (Menshikov), his French wife Marie (Bonnaire), and their 7-year-old son Seryozha.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Marie's rage at Aleksei for getting them into this situation eventually drives him into the arms of Olga, a neighbor. Marie later has a passionate romance with Sasha.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Marie's rage at Aleksei for getting them into this situation eventually drives him into the arms of Olga, a neighbor. Marie later has a passionate romance with Sasha.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Marie's rage at Aleksei for getting them into this situation eventually drives him into the arms of Olga, a neighbor. Marie later has a passionate romance with Sasha.Sasha.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Sasha kills himself in France when he's told that he can't stay there and wait for Marie, but instead has to go to Canada.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Sort of. Sasha kills himself attempts suicide in France when he's told that he can't stay there and wait for Marie, but instead has to go to Canada.
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* SpottingTheThread: Gabrielle, Marie, and her son walk past the Bulgarian guards outside the French embassy, Marie and the boy holding up their fake French passports. A suspicious guard watches as they go, sees Gabrielle's stylish high heels--and then sees Marie's clodhoppers which mark her out as a resident of the Communist block. He gives chase but the three of them make it through the gate just in time.
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''East/West'' is a 1999 film directed by Regis Wargnier, starring Sandrine Bonnaire and Creator/OlegMenshikov.
Russia, 1946. In the wake of the Soviet victory in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, UsefulNotes/JosefStalin has issued a blanket amnesty for all Russian expats who have been exiled since UsefulNotes/RedOctober in 1917. The film opens with a boat bringing exiles back from Franch. Among them are Aleksei Golovin (Menshikov), his French wife Marie (Bonnaire), and their 7-year-old son Seryozha.
The hopes of the new arrivals are crushed the moment they arrive at the dock. Stalin's "amnesty" was a grotesque trick, and instead everyone arriving on the boat is either imprisoned or executed. Everyone, that is, except Aleksei and his family, because Stalin's country needs doctors. The Golovins settle down to a grim existence in Kiev. Marie starts demanding to go home, while Aleksei starts integrating better into Soviet life. Marie's deep unhappiness drives a wedge between the couple, and both have affairs, Marie's with a young competitive swimmer named Sasha (Sergei Bodrov) whom Marie resolves to help escape.
Creator/CatherineDeneuve has a small role as Gabrielle, an actress who helps Marie and Seroyozha escape back to France.
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* AndStarring: Catherine Deneuve gets an "in the role of Gabrielle" credit.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: After the true horror of their situation is brought home to Aleksei after he hears his wife being tortured, he hunches over in a hallway, smoking a cigarette and twitching. When Marie comes to him after she's finally released, he breaks down in tears.
* CommieLand: The nightmare of life in Stalin's Russia, where just talking with a foreigner can get you chucked into prison.
* DrivenToSuicide: Sasha kills himself in France when he's told that he can't stay there and wait for Marie, but instead has to go to Canada.
* GetOut: When Aleksei confesses that he cheated on her, Marie throws him out of their room.
* GraveMarkingScene: While on 24 hours' leave, Sasha goes back to his grandmother's grave and tells her how much she meant to him.
* HeadbuttOfLove: Aleksei gives one to Marie when they are reconnecting after her release from a six-month prison sentence.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Anastasia, the manager of the communal apartment building, used to own the whole building, or at least her family did. They were rich enough to have a French governess, which is why Anastasia can talk to Marie.
* LonelyFuneral: Anastasia dies while in police custody after she is denounced for talking to Marie. Her grandson Sasha is the only one who shows up at her funeral.
* MrsRobinson: Marie falls in love with Sasha, who is barely out of his teens and at least 15 years younger than she is.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: While the Russian authorities can't prove Aleksei helped his wife and son escape, his career is still ruined. He gets sent out to Sakhalin Island as medic to an army outpost.
* ThatRussianSquatDance: Not only does the Army Choir do the squat dance, they have a move where one of the male soldiers spins one of the female soldiers like a top.
* SchmuckBait: Stalin's invitations for Russian exiles to return. The second person off the boat is shot InTheBack.
* SecretPolice: Represented by Pirogov, a sadistic KGB officer. He seems to enjoy hitting Marie in the face during brutal interrogations.
* WouldHitAGirl: Pirogov smacks Marie across the face when questioning her.
* YourCheatingHeart: Marie's rage at Aleksei for getting them into this situation eventually drives him into the arms of Olga, a neighbor. Marie later has a passionate romance with Sasha.
Russia, 1946. In the wake of the Soviet victory in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, UsefulNotes/JosefStalin has issued a blanket amnesty for all Russian expats who have been exiled since UsefulNotes/RedOctober in 1917. The film opens with a boat bringing exiles back from Franch. Among them are Aleksei Golovin (Menshikov), his French wife Marie (Bonnaire), and their 7-year-old son Seryozha.
The hopes of the new arrivals are crushed the moment they arrive at the dock. Stalin's "amnesty" was a grotesque trick, and instead everyone arriving on the boat is either imprisoned or executed. Everyone, that is, except Aleksei and his family, because Stalin's country needs doctors. The Golovins settle down to a grim existence in Kiev. Marie starts demanding to go home, while Aleksei starts integrating better into Soviet life. Marie's deep unhappiness drives a wedge between the couple, and both have affairs, Marie's with a young competitive swimmer named Sasha (Sergei Bodrov) whom Marie resolves to help escape.
Creator/CatherineDeneuve has a small role as Gabrielle, an actress who helps Marie and Seroyozha escape back to France.
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!!Tropes:
* AndStarring: Catherine Deneuve gets an "in the role of Gabrielle" credit.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: After the true horror of their situation is brought home to Aleksei after he hears his wife being tortured, he hunches over in a hallway, smoking a cigarette and twitching. When Marie comes to him after she's finally released, he breaks down in tears.
* CommieLand: The nightmare of life in Stalin's Russia, where just talking with a foreigner can get you chucked into prison.
* DrivenToSuicide: Sasha kills himself in France when he's told that he can't stay there and wait for Marie, but instead has to go to Canada.
* GetOut: When Aleksei confesses that he cheated on her, Marie throws him out of their room.
* GraveMarkingScene: While on 24 hours' leave, Sasha goes back to his grandmother's grave and tells her how much she meant to him.
* HeadbuttOfLove: Aleksei gives one to Marie when they are reconnecting after her release from a six-month prison sentence.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Anastasia, the manager of the communal apartment building, used to own the whole building, or at least her family did. They were rich enough to have a French governess, which is why Anastasia can talk to Marie.
* LonelyFuneral: Anastasia dies while in police custody after she is denounced for talking to Marie. Her grandson Sasha is the only one who shows up at her funeral.
* MrsRobinson: Marie falls in love with Sasha, who is barely out of his teens and at least 15 years younger than she is.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: While the Russian authorities can't prove Aleksei helped his wife and son escape, his career is still ruined. He gets sent out to Sakhalin Island as medic to an army outpost.
* ThatRussianSquatDance: Not only does the Army Choir do the squat dance, they have a move where one of the male soldiers spins one of the female soldiers like a top.
* SchmuckBait: Stalin's invitations for Russian exiles to return. The second person off the boat is shot InTheBack.
* SecretPolice: Represented by Pirogov, a sadistic KGB officer. He seems to enjoy hitting Marie in the face during brutal interrogations.
* WouldHitAGirl: Pirogov smacks Marie across the face when questioning her.
* YourCheatingHeart: Marie's rage at Aleksei for getting them into this situation eventually drives him into the arms of Olga, a neighbor. Marie later has a passionate romance with Sasha.
