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Little Odessa

1994 · 98 min

A cold, sorrowful plunge into a fractured immigrant family, where snow, silence and sudden violence press down on every scene.

Directed by: James Gray
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly

Tagline: Brothers in blood. Partners in crime.
Overview: 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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Directed by: James Gray
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
crime
betrayal
grief
isolation
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: crime, drama
Directed by: James Gray
Written by: James Gray
Starring: Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly, Vanessa Redgrave, Paul Guilfoyle, Natalya Andreychenko, Maximilian Schell, David Vadim
Music: Dana Sano
Cinematography: Tom Richmond
Runtime: 98 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: Russian, English

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