est ouest be an impressive production base upon the true story of family comprise a russian émigré husband and french wife and a little boy . in the heyday of coldwar and stalin invite all émigrés who leave the country in the time of 1917 civil war . the émigrés be promise a heaven once they promote to the restoration of order and rehabilitation of the war torn economy . this demand be no surprising in view of the fact that soviet russia be the country hit by the war the most in term of human and material resource . once euphoric and the returnees find themselves disillusion by old fashion and paranoid and corrupt political and economic fabric . the story be capture sometimes thrill . i have share the excitement and fear and hope of hero and heroine vividly . the music of the film pull you vividly to understand how precious one freedom can be . unlike some criticism that the film misdirect reality and i would confidently maintain the belief that the story of the film be only one of the hundred of tragedy in the iron curtain . stalin notorious reputation in employ violence and pressure be nothing but a historical truth . eastern europe be so beautiful . kiev and sofya . i shall never forget the dance scene at the hotel in sofya . what be also worth see be the entry of hero to the greek bulgarian boundary on the mountain cap with snow . this be the balkan . i must admit that i spend much time in try to find this film a dvd . swedem and norway and denmark and germany and belgium . nowhere . i do not have chance to request it online . i do not have credit card . positive . ) finally and i find it in mega store virgin ( thanks virgin ) in paris . i have soundtrack album of this unforgettable film too . if you haven not see this film yet and you have miss a lot . by watch and if possible purchasing this film and you will have do a great contribution to movie industry which suffers from prevalence of crap movie . i be still under the influence of est ouest . i hope u shall feel the same .