Odessa
Released: 2019
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Odessa, August 1970. A heat wave. The city is full of tourists. Boris, a journalist and foreign affairs specialist, and his eight-year-old son Valeri arrive from Moscow to visit Boris’ in-laws, Grigori Iosifovich and Raisa Irovna Davidov. But on the day of their arrival, Odessa declares a quarantine due to a cholera outbreak, and the city is closed off. Having come for a few days, the son-in-law is plunged into a world changed by serious danger. Family secrets will be disclosed, improbable events happen, and a great forbidden love starts.
Starring: Yevgeni Tsyganov, Leonid Yarmolnik, Irina Rozanova, Kseniya Rappoport, Evgenia Brik, Sergey Sosnovsky, Veronika Ustimova, Sergey Muravyov
Directed by: Valery Todorovsky
Written by: Maxim Belozor, Dmitry Ivanov, Valery Todorovsky
Language: Yiddish, Russian
Scenes
12-year-old Valerik (Stepan Sereda) can't find a bathroom, so he pees off of the balcony. (31:06)