David Cronenberg and Vincent Cassel

Eastern Promises

Interviewed byTae Mawson

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

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. BBC Movies talked to David Cronenberg and co-star Vincent Cassel about what makes this story so compelling.

videoWATCH: David Cronenberg and Vincent Cassel talk about Eastern Promises.