Transsiberian (film)
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| Directed by | Brad Anderson |
| Produced by | Julio Fernández |
| Written by | Brad Anderson Will Conroy |
| Starring |
Woody Harrelson Emily Mortimer Kate Mara Eduardo Noriega Thomas Kretschmann Ben Kingsley |
| Music by | Alfonso Vilallonga |
| Cinematography | Xavi Giménez |
| Edited by | Jaume Martí |
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First Look (USA) Icon Film Distribution (UK) |
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111 minutes |
| Country | Germany United Kingdom Spain |
| Language | English Russian |
| Box office | $5,926,410 |
Transsiberian is a 2008 German-British-Spanish thriller film, set on the Trans-Siberian Railway, in which an American couple's journey from China to Russia becomes a nightmare after they befriend a pair of fellow travellers.
It was directed by Brad Anderson and stars Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer and Ben Kingsley. Filming began in December 2006 in Vilnius, Lithuania, with additional photography in Beijing and Russia. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival in January 2008, followed by a series of other international film festivals. It had a limited United States release on July 18, 2008, followed by limited cinema releases in a few more countries, before moving over to the DVD and TV market.
An American couple, Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer), take the train from Beijing to Moscow as an adventurous side trip on their return home from a Christian mission in China. The gregarious Roy befriends their cabin mates, a Spanish man, Carlos (Eduardo Noriega), travelling with his young Seattle-born girlfriend, Abby (Kate Mara). The reserved Jessie does not share her husband's warmth towards the globe trotting pair. In course of the journey, Carlos shows Jessie a collection of "rare" souvenir matryoshka dolls he is carrying.
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