Little Odessa is an American
crime filmA crime film, in the most general sense, is a film that involves various aspects crime and the criminal justice system. Stylistically, it can fall under many different genres, most commonly drama, thriller, Mystery film and film noir...
released in
1994The year 1994 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :*This was the Highest Grossing film of 1994 Worldwidesource: - Awards :Academy Awards:* Andre...
by
James GrayJames Gray is a film director and screenwriter.Gray attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, where his student film, "Cowboys and Angels", helped him get an agent and the attention of producer Paul Webster, who encouraged him to write a script which he could...
, featuring
Tim RothTim Roth is an English film actor and director best known for his roles in the American films Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Planet of the Apes, The Incredible Hulk and Rob Roy, for which he received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor...
,
Edward FurlongEdward Walter Furlong is an American actor, best known to film audiences as John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Daniel Vinyard in American History X.-Beginnings:...
,
Moira KellyMoira Kelly is an Irish-American actress. She is probably best known for her role as Mandy Hampton in television series The West Wing and as Karen Roe on One Tree Hill ....
and
Vanessa RedgraveVanessa Redgrave CBE is an Oscar winning English actress of stage, film and television. She is a member of the Redgrave family, the world-renowned theatrical dynasty. A former Trotskyist and leading member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party, She is also a social activist for human rights and has...
.
The film earned a
Silver LionThe Leone d’Argento refers to a number of awards presented at the Venice Film Festival. The Silver Lion is awarded irregularly and have gone through several changes of purpose. Until 1995, Silver Lions were infrequently awarded to a number of films as second prize for those nominated for the...
at the
Venice Film FestivalThe Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido, Venice,...
and the Critic Prize at the Deauville Film Festival.
The film follows the personal relationship between a father (Maximilian Schell) and his two sons (Tim Roth and Edward Furlong), one of whom is a
hit-manContract killing is a form of assassination in which one entity hires another entity to kill a target individual or group of people. It involves an illegal agreement between two parties in which one party agrees to kill the target in exchange for some kind of remuneration, monetary or otherwise...
for the
Russian mafiaThe Russian Mafia or Bratva — often transliterated as Mafiya — are names designating a diverse group of organized crime syndicates originating in the former Soviet Union...
in
BrooklynBrooklyn is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located southwest of Queens on the western tip of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area...
.
- Tim Roth
Tim Roth is an English film actor and director best known for his roles in the American films Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Planet of the Apes, The Incredible Hulk and Rob Roy, for which he received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor...
...
Little Odessa is an American
crime filmA crime film, in the most general sense, is a film that involves various aspects crime and the criminal justice system. Stylistically, it can fall under many different genres, most commonly drama, thriller, Mystery film and film noir...
released in
1994The year 1994 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :*This was the Highest Grossing film of 1994 Worldwidesource: - Awards :Academy Awards:* Andre...
by
James GrayJames Gray is a film director and screenwriter.Gray attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, where his student film, "Cowboys and Angels", helped him get an agent and the attention of producer Paul Webster, who encouraged him to write a script which he could...
, featuring
Tim RothTim Roth is an English film actor and director best known for his roles in the American films Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Planet of the Apes, The Incredible Hulk and Rob Roy, for which he received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor...
,
Edward FurlongEdward Walter Furlong is an American actor, best known to film audiences as John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Daniel Vinyard in American History X.-Beginnings:...
,
Moira KellyMoira Kelly is an Irish-American actress. She is probably best known for her role as Mandy Hampton in television series The West Wing and as Karen Roe on One Tree Hill ....
and
Vanessa RedgraveVanessa Redgrave CBE is an Oscar winning English actress of stage, film and television. She is a member of the Redgrave family, the world-renowned theatrical dynasty. A former Trotskyist and leading member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party, She is also a social activist for human rights and has...
.
The film earned a
Silver LionThe Leone d’Argento refers to a number of awards presented at the Venice Film Festival. The Silver Lion is awarded irregularly and have gone through several changes of purpose. Until 1995, Silver Lions were infrequently awarded to a number of films as second prize for those nominated for the...
at the
Venice Film FestivalThe Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido, Venice,...
and the Critic Prize at the Deauville Film Festival.
Plot
The film follows the personal relationship between a father (Maximilian Schell) and his two sons (Tim Roth and Edward Furlong), one of whom is a
hit-manContract killing is a form of assassination in which one entity hires another entity to kill a target individual or group of people. It involves an illegal agreement between two parties in which one party agrees to kill the target in exchange for some kind of remuneration, monetary or otherwise...
for the
Russian mafiaThe Russian Mafia or Bratva — often transliterated as Mafiya — are names designating a diverse group of organized crime syndicates originating in the former Soviet Union...
in
BrooklynBrooklyn is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located southwest of Queens on the western tip of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area...
.
Cast
- Tim Roth
Tim Roth is an English film actor and director best known for his roles in the American films Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Planet of the Apes, The Incredible Hulk and Rob Roy, for which he received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor...
... Joshua Shapira
- Edward Furlong
Edward Walter Furlong is an American actor, best known to film audiences as John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Daniel Vinyard in American History X.-Beginnings:...
... Reuben Shapira
- Moira Kelly
Moira Kelly is an Irish-American actress. She is probably best known for her role as Mandy Hampton in television series The West Wing and as Karen Roe on One Tree Hill ....
... Alla Shustervich
- Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave CBE is an Oscar winning English actress of stage, film and television. She is a member of the Redgrave family, the world-renowned theatrical dynasty. A former Trotskyist and leading member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party, She is also a social activist for human rights and has...
... Irina Shapira
- Paul Guilfoyle
Paul Guilfoyle is an American television and film actor. He is currently a regular cast member of the hit forensic television drama CSI where he plays Captain Jim Brass.-Early life:...
... Boris Volkoff
- Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell is an Academy Award-winning Austrian actor. He is also a writer, director and producer of several films.- Early life :...
... Arkady Shapira
- Natalya Andrejchenko ... Natasha