David Cronenberg and Vincent Cassel

Eastern Promises

Interviewed by Tae Mawson

“It's love and family. That's the beginning of all the best stories. â€

Cult director David Cronenberg is back with gritty gangland drama Eastern Promises. Naomi Watts plays a midwife in a London hospital, who becomes entangled with a Russian crime family after a young prostitute dies in childbrith. Matters are complicated when she falls for one of the mob, played by Viggo Mortensen. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Movies talked to David Cronenberg and co-star Vincent Cassel about what makes this story so compelling.

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