---
title: 'The East (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Zal Batmanglij'
released: '2013-01-20'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-east-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1869716/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The East (2013)

2013 · 116 min · Drama, Thriller · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The East is a 2013 thriller film directed by Zal Batmanglij and starring Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, and Elliot Page. Writers Batmanglij and Marling spent two months in 2009 practicing freeganism and co-wrote a screenplay inspired by their experiences and drawing on thrillers from the 1970s. The American studio Fox Searchlight Pictures had bought rights to distribute Batmanglij's previous film Sound of My Voice and also collaborated with the director to produce The East. With Ridley Scott as producer and Tony Scott as executive producer, Fox Searchlight contracted Scott Free Productions, headquartered in London, to produce the film. The East was filmed in two months in Shreveport, Louisiana at the end of 2011. The film premiered to strong reviews at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2013. It was released in theaters on May 31, 2013.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Brit Marling](https://cinepixo.com/people/brit-marling), [Zal Batmanglij](https://cinepixo.com/people/zal-batmanglij)
- **Producer:** [Brit Marling](https://cinepixo.com/people/brit-marling), [Ridley Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/ridley-scott), [Scott Free Productions](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-free-productions), [Michael Costigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-costigan)
- **Director:** [Zal Batmanglij](https://cinepixo.com/people/zal-batmanglij)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Halli Cauthery](https://cinepixo.com/people/halli-cauthery)
- **Director of Photography:** [Roman Vasyanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-vasyanov)
- **Editor:** [Andrew Weisblum](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-weisblum), [Bill Pankow](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-pankow)

## Cast

- [Billy Magnussen](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-magnussen)
- [Shiloh Fernandez](https://cinepixo.com/people/shiloh-fernandez)
- [Patricia Clarkson](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-clarkson)
- [Alexander Skarsgård](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-skarsgard)
- [Toby Kebbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/toby-kebbell)
- [Brit Marling](https://cinepixo.com/people/brit-marling)
- [Aldis Hodge](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldis-hodge)
- [Julia Ormond](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-ormond)
- [Danielle Macdonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/danielle-macdonald)
- [Elliot Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/elliot-page)

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Official site: http://www.theeastmovie.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-east-2013
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