East/West

1999 · Directed by Régis Wargnier · 121 min · drama film, romance film, historical film

★ 6.4/10 · 75 ratings on TMDB

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.