"She could not ignore life. She had to live it and it was too brutal, too hostile, for her even to try to gloss over its harshness with a smile"

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People will like to say that 'Eastern Promises' is brutal, but the only reason they say that is because the scenes stick with them. They are realistic. They are in-your-face and you see the consequences. It's not a bunch of quick editing cuts.

— Viggo Mortensen