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The Odessa Foundling

2018 · 90 min

A gentle, offbeat comedy that ambles through oddball friendships and quiet longing, leaving a soft, bittersweet warmth.

Directed by: Georgiy Deliev
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Georgiy Deliev, Borys Barskyi, Natalya Buzko

Overview: A lonely 70-year-old man, an eccentric artist from Odessa, Sir Pinkhus, dreams to have grandchildren. But he even does not have children. Obviously first he needs to have a son to realize a dream about having a grandson. The old man has friends at the orphanage. They choose a guy Arkasha for the role of son. Arkasha is a 50-year old bonehead who recently hit the bricks and worked at the orphanage as a stoker.

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Directed by: Georgiy Deliev
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Georgiy Deliev, Borys Barskyi, Natalya Buzko

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: found family
parenthood
loneliness
friendship
identity
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Georgiy Deliev
Written by: Georgiy Deliev
Starring: Georgiy Deliev, Borys Barskyi, Natalya Buzko, Valerii Chyhliaiev, Viktor Andriienko
Runtime: 90 min
Country: Ukraine
Languages: Russian

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