The Children of USSR

The Children of USSR
Film poster
Directed byFelix Gerchikov
Written byAyidin Ali-Zade
Felix Gerchikov
Produced byMirit Tovi
StarringDaniel Bruck
CinematographyAmnon Zlayet
Release date
  • 5 June 2005 (2005-06-05)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguagesHebrew
Russian

The Children of USSR (Hebrew: ילדי СССР, translit. Yaldei SSSR) is a 2005 Israeli drama film directed by Felix Gerchikov, and produced as part of the Israeli Project Greenlight reality show, which Gerchikov won. It was entered into the 29th Moscow International Film Festival. It won an Anat Pirchi Drama Award at the 22nd Jerusalem Film Festival in 2005, and the Best Israeli Film award at the 5th Annual Eilat International Film Festival in 2007.

Synopsis

The film tells the story of Slava, whose wife throws him out of their home, separating him from their infant son. Slava is forced to live with Victor, a delicatessen owner and former football coach. Victor convinces Slava to form a football team and participate in a neighborhood tournament with the aim of winning the cash prize offered to the tournament winners. Slava and his friends, Vitali - a Ukrainian foreign worker, Kastil ("Crutches") - a high school student, Mukhtar - a Caucasian involved in criminal activity, and Banuchka - a hard drug addict, form a team, which is joined by an Ethiopian player.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "הסתיים פרויקט גרינלייט הישראלי". News1 (in Hebrew). 24 May 2005. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Gershenson, Olga (3 May 2011). "Aliyah to The Movies: Russian and Israeli Cinema". Jewish Quarterly. Retrieved 21 February 2015. pronounced yaldey sssr, the title combines a Hebrew word for 'children' and a Russian word for 'USSR'. Idiosyncratic bilingual spelling not only introduces a Russian word into a Hebrew title, but also uses a Cyrillic acronym as a nostalgic icon.
  3. ↑ Gershenson, Olga (2011). "Immigrant Cinema: Russian Israelis on Screens and behind the Cameras". In Talmon, Miri; Peleg, Yaron (eds.). Israeli Cinema: Identities in Motion. The Jewish History, Life, and Culture Series. Austin: University of Texas Press. pp. 134–150. ISBN 978-0-292-72560-7.
  4. ↑ "29th Moscow International Film Festival (2007)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "2005". Jerusalem Film Festival. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Eilat International Film Festival". Eilat International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 12 June 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2015.