Overview

In the world, there is a city-port Odesa, which was specially created as a refuge for people of different nationalities and religions. Humor is a special language that helps people from Odesa to communicate and get along with each other. Legends are spreading about Odesa's humor and accent. But - a paradox - people are constantly leaving it. It is loved, but it is left as a child leaves his mother. On the example of this city and its inhabitants, we wanted to understand - why people flee from their cities. We tried to find the answer taking pictures of Odesa citizens in Germany, Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Austria, France and other places. Michael Zhvanetskij, Roman Kartsev, Leonid Barats and Rostislav Khait Victor Loshak,  Oksana Fandera, Valerij Todotovskij, Mikhail and Anatoly Kontush and many others are telling their stories and giving their opinions on what is the phenomenon of the city by the Black Sea.

Top Cast

Mikhail Zhvanetsky

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Roman Kartsev

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Mikhail Levitin

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Valery Todorovsky

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Marlen Khutsiyev

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Rostislav Khait

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Leonid Barats

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Oksana Fandera

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Anatoliy Kontush

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Mikhail Kontush

Himself / Narrator

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Anna Shafazhinskaya

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Ekaterina Lanishevskaya

Herself / Narrator