Movies
David Cronenberg offers 'Eastern Promises'
Published Wednesday, Feb 15 2006, 11:22 GMT | By Daniel Saney
David Cronenberg has attached himself to Eastern Promises, an upcoming thriller from BBC Films and Focus Features.
According to Variety, the movie will centre on a young midwife who sets about trying to discover the identity of a Russian girl who dies during childbirth on Christmas Eve. When she finds that the deceased was a prostitute, the midwife is drawn into danger.
Cronenberg will direct from a script by Steve Knight (Dirty Pretty Things), with shooting slated to begin this autumn.
According to Variety, the movie will centre on a young midwife who sets about trying to discover the identity of a Russian girl who dies during childbirth on Christmas Eve. When she finds that the deceased was a prostitute, the midwife is drawn into danger.
Cronenberg will direct from a script by Steve Knight (Dirty Pretty Things), with shooting slated to begin this autumn.
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