Est-Ouest

Produced in 1998

Film Information

Festival Edition 1999 - Edition 3

Section General

Director Régis Wargnier

Country France - Bulgaria - Russia

Category International Feature Films 1999

Producer Yves Marmion / UGC YM

Screenplay Roustam Ibragimbekov, Serguei Bodrov, Louis Gardel, Régis Wargnier

Cast Sandrine Bonnaire (Marie), Oleg Menchikov (Alexei), Catherine Deneuve (Gabrielle), Serguei Bodrov (Sacha)

Synopsis

In June 1946, Stalin launches a vast propaganda campaign aimed at Russian emigrants living in the West, offering them an amnesty and a Soviet passport to participate in the post-war reconstruction of the USSR. Alexei Golovine, an emigrant living in France, responds to this appeal along with many others. He decides to return to the mother country, taking his young French wife, Marie, and his son Serioja with him. Upon arrival in Odessa, they face unexpected challenges, including the execution of many traveling companions and the harsh realities of Soviet life.

Full Description

June 1946: Stalin launches a vast propaganda campaign aimed at Russian emigrants living in the West, offering them an amnesty, a Soviet passport and the chance to participate in the post-war reconstruction of the USSR. Alexei Golovine, an emigrant living in France, responds to this appeal along with many others. He decides to return to the mother country which he has missed deeply, taking his young French wife, Marie, and his son Serioja with him. On arrival in Odessa, Stalin's welcome is not what they expected...