Natasha (2015 film)
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| Directed by | David Bezmozgis |
| Written by | David Bezmozgis |
| Produced by | Bill Marks Deborah Marks |
| Starring | Alex Ozerov Sasha K. Gordon Aidan Shipley Lola Tash Deanna Dezmari |
| Cinematography | Guy Godfree |
| Edited by | Michelle Szemberg |
Production company | Natasha Films |
| Distributed by | Mongrel Media |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English Russian |
Natasha is a Canadian drama film, which premiered in 2015 before being released in Canada in 2016 and in the United States in 2017. The film was written and directed by David Bezmozgis, based on the title story from his 2004 short story collection Natasha and Other Stories.[1]
Plot
Mark Berman (Alex Ozerov), an idealistic Jewish Canadian teenager in Toronto is seduced into a torrid affair by the mysteriously appearing but extremely ruthless Natasha (Sasha K. Gordon), the daughter of his uncle Fima's new Russian mail-order bride who has been living a double life as a sex worker since childhood.[2] Although the original short story took place in the 1980s, for the film Bezmozgis updated the temporal setting to the present day in order to explore the impact of contemporary technology, such as the internet, on the story.[3]
Release
The film premiered at the Boston Jewish Film Festival in November 2015,[3] and was screened at several other film festivals before going into general commercial release in Canada in May 2016.[4]
Awards
The film garnered two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, for Best Actress (Gordon) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Bezmozgis).[5]
Reception
Natasha scored an "Extremely Fresh" rating of 100% based on 11 critical reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.21/10.[6] Canadian newspaper, The Globe and Mail, gave the film a score of 3/4.
References
- ^ "'Natasha': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter, January 26, 2016.
- ^ "Natasha: Coming-of-age story explores tragedy with quiet intelligence". The Globe and Mail, May 6, 2016.
- ^ a b "Boston Jewish Film Festival's New Leader Assembles Biggest Program To Date". WBUR-FM, November 2, 2015.
- ^ "Some frank talk from Natasha director David Bezmozgis". The Georgia Straight, May 6, 2016.
- ^ "The Canadian Screen Awards nominations are out!". Now, January 17, 2017.
- ^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/natasha_2015
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