With Semyon and Kirill closing ranks and Anna pressing her inquiries, Nikolai unexpectedly finds his loyalties divided. He is right to do so by delving into the diary, Anna has accidentally unleashed the full fury of the Vory. The girl's personal diary also survives her it is written in Russian, and Anna seeks answers in it.Īnna's mother Helen (Sinéad Cusack) does not discourage her, but Anna's irascible Russian-born uncle Stepan (Jerzy Skolimowski) urges caution. Verified Audience Stephen Silver Tilt Magazine Represented one of Cronenberg’s stronger periods, one with more mainstream success than the director has typically enjoyed. Anna resolves to try to trace the baby's lineage and relatives. Anna is deeply affected by the desperate situation of a young teenager who dies while giving birth to a baby. Headed by Semyon (Academy Award nominee Armin Mueller-Stahl), whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor of the plush Trans-Siberian restaurant impeccably masks a cold and brutal core, the family's fortunes are tested by Semyon's volatile son and enforcer, Kirill (Vincent Cassel), who is more tightly bound to Nikolai than to his own father.īut Nikolai's carefully maintained existence is jarred once he crosses paths at Christmastime with Anna Khitrova (Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts), a midwife at a North London hospital. The family itself is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood.
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