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Odessa Odessa! (2005)

Director: Michale Boganim

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From Time Out New York

This portrait of the diaspora experience focuses on a host of elderly Ukrainian Jews who hold on tightly to their memories of a long-gone homeland. Rather than telling their stories in straight talking-head testimonies, Boganim takes a stream-of-consciousness approach, filtering the narrative through a dreamlike aesthetic. There are several missteps (e.g., the Israel segment almost seems like an afterthought), but the director's ability to capture poetic images, such as a Fellini-esque parade marching down a deserted street, gives Odessa...Odessa! the perfect folkloric tinge.

Author: DF

Time Out New York Website

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Director: Michale Boganim

Duration: 97 mins


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