East/West

East/West

An unforgettable story of love, betrayal and survival.

Directed by Régis Wargnier

Produced by UGC YM, France 3 Cinéma

1999121 min6.4 / 10

A tense historical drama about a couple trapped in Stalin's Soviet Union, where love and survival become entangled in a web of state deception and paranoia.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is East/West sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is East/West scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Does East/West end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is East/West easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is East/West violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Rarity57

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Surprise15

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Love40

How much audiences actually like it

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