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.
Directed by David Cronenberg
chauffeur
london, england
prostitute
jealousy
rape
tattoo
hitman
parent child relationship
bratva (russian mafia)
gangster
human trafficking
diary
midwife
murder
statutory rape
orphan
brutality
motorcycle
disposing of a dead body
bathhouse
empathy
intense
Rank
#41 in 2007·#2207 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.9 / 5
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Cast
Viggo Mortensen
Nikolai Luzhin
Naomi Watts
Anna Ivanovna Khitrova
Vincent Cassel
Kirill
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Semyon
Sinéad Cusack
Helen
Donald Sumpter
Yuri
Jerzy Skolimowski
Stepan
Josef Altin
Ekrem
Aleksandar Mikic
Soyka
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse
Tatiana
Lalita Ahmed
Customer
Tatiana Maslany
Tatiana (voice)
Crew
David Cronenberg
Director
Steven Knight
Screenplay
Howard Shore
Original Music Composer
Peter Suschitzky
Director of Photography
Robert Lantos
Producer
Paul Webster
Producer
David M. Thompson
Executive Producer
Denise Cronenberg
Costume Design
Nina Gold
Casting
Judy Farr
Set Decoration
Paul Herbert
Stunt Coordinator
Roger Tooley
Steadicam Operator
Popular Reviews
824 reviews
Amman
7.0★ · 12/19/25
Technically a Christmas movie.
Technically a Christmas movie.
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Jorg Chap
10.0★ · 05/29/25
Cronenberg's challengers (Viggo Mortensen is Zendaya).
Cronenberg's challengers (Viggo Mortensen is Zendaya).
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Jonathan
8.0★ · 05/27/25
i didn’t think i’d be this into a slow russian mob drama but here we are. i was locked in from the first scene. viggo barely speaks and still had me stressed out the whole time. i physically recoiled during the bathhouse scene. genuinely didn’t breathe for the final 20 minutes.
i didn’t think i’d be this into a slow russian mob drama but here we are. i was locked in from the first scene. viggo barely speaks and still had me stressed out the whole time. i physically recoiled during the bathhouse scene. genuinely didn’t breathe for the final 20 minutes.
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Unholy
6.2★ · 01/04/26
Eh… it’s cool. It was okay.
Eh… it’s cool. It was okay.
mratteo
7.5★ · 01/03/25
diciamo che stavo bene anche senza la scena di combattimento finale
diciamo che stavo bene anche senza la scena di combattimento finale
