[Movie Script]Eastern Promises

                           EASTERN PROMISES


Written by
Steven Knight
1   EXT. A STREET NEAR BRICK LANE - EVENING                       1



It's 5.30pm in late December and rain is pouring. The

scant Christmas decorations are hanging limp in the rain.

A young Turk (EKREM) runs through the rain with a Turkish

newspaper held over his head. He ducks into a traditional

barber's shop called Ozim's.
2   INT. OZIM'S BARBER SHOP - EVENING                             2



The shutters are drawn. OZIM (a plump middle-aged Turk)

is cutting the hair of the last customer of the day (SOYKA).

Soyka is a Chechen, well-groomed, wearing a sharp suit

beneath the barber's gown.
During the conversation we glimpse distinctive eagle- and

star-shaped tattoos on Soyka's arms and hands.
Ozim and Soyka are chatting as Ekrem enters.   Soyka speaks

with a Russian accent.
                           OZIM


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