Natasha
Director: David Bezmozgis
Cast: Aidan Shipley, Alex Ozerov, Aya-Tatyana Stolnits, Deanna Dezmari, Genadijs Dolganovs, Igor Ovadis, Pavel Tsitrinel, Sasha K. Gordon
Synopsis:
Cast: Aidan Shipley, Alex Ozerov, Aya-Tatyana Stolnits, Deanna Dezmari, Genadijs Dolganovs, Igor Ovadis, Pavel Tsitrinel, Sasha K. Gordon
Synopsis:
Natasha takes place over the course of one summer. It is the story of Mark Berman, 16, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants living in the suburbs north of Toronto. When his uncle enters into an arranged marriage with woman from Moscow, the woman arrives in Canada with her fourteen year-old daughter, Natasha. Mark, a slacker, is conscripted by his parents to take responsibility for the strange girl. He learns that, in Moscow, shed led a troubled and promiscuous life. A secret and forbidden romance begins between the two of them that has bizarre and tragic consequences for everyone involved.
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