Little Odessa
Overview
When a hit-man for the Russian Jewish Mafia returns to his native Brooklyn neighborhood to do a job, he must face his family and the reasons he was forced to leave in the first place.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
James Gray - Director
Tim Roth
Edward Furlong
Moira Kelly
Vanessa Redgrave
Maximilian Schell
Paul Guilfoyle II
Boris McGiver
Mohammed Ghaffari
Natalya Andreichenko
Paul Guilfoyle
Details
- Format: DVD
- Run Time: 98
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 012236120551
- Genre: DRAMA
- Rating: R (MPAA)
- Release Date: August 2002
Movie Reviews
Synopsis:
A Russian hit man is instructed to execute an Iranian jeweler in Brighton Beach. There is one problem, however: Joshua can't show his face in the old neighborhood. His father despises him, and Volkov, the local mob boss, wants him dead. Nonetheless, Joshua clandestinely returns to Brooklyn only to discover that his mother is dying of a brain tumor, his little brother is a high school dropout, and his father is having an affair with a younger woman. Nor has Volkov forgotten his promise to do Josh in -- a killer's already been lined up. Joshua finds his only solace in the bed of a young woman he knew years ago.
Notes:
Winner of the Silver Lion at the 1994 Venice Film Festival.
Copyright 1994 Immigrant Pictures Inc.
Reviews:
"...[The] cinematography achieves subtle gradations of mood....Gray's talent as a filmmaker is unmistakable..." - 05/01/1995 Sight and Sound, p.49
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