Film

Little Odessa 1994

Directed by James Gray

  • Drama, Crime
  • 98 min
  • R

Brothers in blood. Partners in crime.

Long separated from his family, hitman Joshua returns to Brighton Beach for a contract killing for the Russian Mafia. His abusive father, Arkady, banned him from returning after Joshua committed his first murder. He takes up residence in a hotel, and soon everyone knows he has returned. He goes home to visit his dying mother, Irina, and prepares for the assassination, getting drawn back into the criminal community he left behind.

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Grave, classical in form, earnest and contemporary.

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  • classical in formformally daring
  • earnestironic
  • contemporarynostalgic
  • warmbleak

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