The Children of USSR

The Children of USSR (2007)

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You came from Russia to Israel. Are you ready to show everybody that you are a winner and fight for your right to live there?

A group of young immigrants from Soviet Union live in a provincial Israeli town. In their new homeland the only person who follows them closely is the local policeman, family ties are wearing out day by day, and they do everything to mess their lives up, transforming their anxiety to get a new social standing in violence and robbery. Will they be able to build a soccer team and win the local championship? Will sport help them to recover self-esteem and prove to everyone that they are not doomed to live as criminals?

Date of release
2007-06-06
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Romance
Director
Feliks Gerchikov

Casting

Interesting facts

The Children of USSR 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.

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