East - West

The harsh world under Stalin

If you want to have a clear picture of how the daily life under Stalin's USSR was, you must see this great movie. When you watch the Russian official destroying the French woman's passport, you have a hint of what is awaiting her, her Russian husband and their young boy. The escape scenes are also thrilling and so revealing.

ESAT - WEST directed by Régis Wargnier,
release october 1999
With Catherine Deneuve, Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menchikov et SergueÏ Bodrov.
Production : UGC-YM
Director of ohotography : Laurent Dailland

Shooting : Black Sea, river, swimming pool.
Underwater Light : no
Light surface : type HMI
Ratio : 1.85
Lenses : 12 / 18 / 32 / 40 mm
Caméra Arri III à 25 and 50 frames / seconde
Duration : 20 jours