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Little Odessa is a american film of genre Drama directed by James Gray released in USA on 19 may 1995 with Tim Roth
Little Odessa (1994)
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Add to a movie listLittle Odessa is an American crime film released in 1995 by James Gray, in his directorial debut, featuring Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly and Vanessa Redgrave.
The film earned a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the prestigious Grand Prix of the Belgian Film Critics Association. It also earned admiration from French master Claude Chabrol.
Synopsis
The film follows the personal relationship between a father, Arkady Shapira (Schell), his terminally ill wife Irina (Redgrave), and his two sons, Joshua and Reuben (Roth and Furlong). Joshua, the elder, is a hit-man for the Jewish-Russian mafia in Brooklyn and estranged from his family. After things go sour Joshua executes a man at a phone booth, which angers the mafia. Joshua starts dating Alla (Kelly). Alla asks Reuben if he has seen Joshua anywhere and the three go together to see a movie. Eventually Reuben takes Joshua home to see his parents again, but Arkady kicks him out.Actors
Tim Roth
(Joshua Shapira)
Edward Furlong
(Reuben Shapira)
Maximilian Schell
(Arkady Shapira)
Moira Kelly
(Alla Shustervich)
Vanessa Redgrave
(Irina Shapira)
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