Luna Park (1992)

Original title

Луна-парк

Directed by

Pavel Lungin

Genre

drama film

Country

Russia, France

Runtime

1h 51m

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young antisemitic skinhead leader in Russia discovers that his father is Jewish. He struggles with this news and begins to build a relationship with his father.

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What happens

Luna Park (Russian: Луна-парк; 1992) is a Franco-Russian produced film. The second feature film of Russian director Pavel Lungin, it depicts the story of a young antisemitic skinhead leader, Andrei Leonov (Andrei Gutin), who is forced to come to terms with the discovery that his father, Naoum Kheifitz (Oleg Borisov), is of Jewish ancestry. The film, of the "chernukha" ("black stuff") genre, follows Andrei as he explores his heritage and the relationship he begins with his father. Luna Park was shown at the Toronto Festival of Festivals on 13 September 1992 (1992-09-13), and was released in New York in January 1994. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. The composer Isaak Schwarz won a Nika Award from the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences for the film's music. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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