Little Odessa (1994) | Region-Free (Blu-Ray)

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Source:  Import Blu-Ray

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Title: Little Odessa (1994)

Genre: Crime, Drama

Plot Synopsis:
Joshua Shapira, a cold-blooded hitman estranged from his Russian immigrant family, returns to his childhood neighborhood of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn—known as “Little Odessa”—for a contract killing. His return forces him to confront his past, including his terminally ill mother, Irina, his abusive father, Arkady, and his younger brother, Reuben, who idolizes him. As Joshua navigates familial tensions and the dangerous demands of his profession, he becomes entangled in a web of loyalty, betrayal, and violence.

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Cast and Crew:

• Director: James Gray
• Writer: James Gray
• Cast:
  • Tim Roth as Joshua Shapira
  • Edward Furlong as Reuben Shapira
  • Moira Kelly as Alla Shustervich
  • Vanessa Redgrave as Irina Shapira
  • Maximilian Schell as Arkady Shapira

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YouTube Trailer:
Little Odessa Trailer 

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IMDb Link:
Little Odessa (1994)

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Reviews from Letterboxd:

1. sydney – ★★★★☆
   “The story isn’t nearly as strong as We Own the Night, but this is much more my aesthetic/psychic wavelength. At least half of this is so powerfully beautiful I could puke; Tim Roth’s face almost unbearably so.”
2. Jake Cole – ★★★½☆
   “Watching Gray’s films from most recent to oldest, I see a curious trend: each new film becomes more polished and the social and human scale expands… Little Odessa is aesthetically rawer than any of Gray’s other films, yet it aims for the rafters of classical epics.”
3. ♠ Benja ♠ – ★★★★½
   “Harmonious yet cold as ice, Little Odessa is built through melancholy, kinship, and violence… With a sense of control and a portrayal of violence like no other gangster flick, Little Odessa is a triumph among crime character studies.”

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Meta Description:
Little Odessa (1994) is a crime drama directed by James Gray, featuring Tim Roth as Joshua Shapira, a hitman returning to his estranged Russian immigrant family in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach. The film explores themes of familial estrangement, loyalty, and the inescapable pull of one’s past.