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Little Odessa (1994)

R  98 min  -  Crime | Drama   -  19 May 1995 (USA)
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This film tells a bitter tale of a dysfunctional family. Joshua, a cold-blooded professional killer... See full summary »

Director:

James Gray

Writer:

James Gray
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tim Roth ...
Joshua Shapira
Edward Furlong ...
Reuben Shapira
Moira Kelly Moira Kelly ...
Alla Shustervich
Vanessa Redgrave ...
Irina Shapira
Paul Guilfoyle ...
Boris Volkoff
Natalya Andreychenko Natalya Andreychenko ...
Natasha
Maximilian Schell ...
Arkady Shapira
David Vadim ...
Sasha
Mina Bern Mina Bern ...
Grandma Tsilya
Boris McGiver ...
Ivan
Mohammed Ghaffari Mohammed Ghaffari ...
Pahlevi
Michael Khmurov ...
Yuri
Dmitry Preyers Dmitry Preyers ...
Victor
David Ross David Ross ...
Anatoly
Ron Brice Ron Brice ...
Man with one leg
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Storyline

This film tells a bitter tale of a dysfunctional family. Joshua, a cold-blooded professional killer, returns to his Brighton Beach boyhood home for a "job." He knows it will be difficult to return to the Russian-immigrant community of his youth--in his eyes, we see anticipation of the inevitable emotional pain and psychic turmoil that seeing his forsaken family and estranged companions will bring him. To do his job, and try to maintain some semblence of sanity, he has had to wall off his humanity from even himself. Seeing his kid brother, who adores him, talking with his dying mother, who still loves him, and yes, arguing with his abusive father, begins to wreak havoc with his personal defenses. As his steely demeanor begins to dissolve, we are shown the soul of a hit-man crumbling away, piece by piece. Finally, all that he now allows himself to admit that he loves is agonizingly torn away from him and he is left with the ultimate punishment for his transgressions. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>  

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Brothers in blood. Partners in crime. See more »

Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

Contract Killer See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$2,300,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$1,095,885 (USA)
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Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

It took director James Gray two years to get the financing in place to make the film. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: In the scenes where Mr. Schell is supposedly speaking Russian, his language is unintelligible beyond the simplest words. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Joshua Shapira: It's done.
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Connections

Features Vengeance Valley (1951) See more »