Forged Reunions
A picture of post-Soviet provincial life, both Jewish and gentile
| 12:49 PM Jan 11, 2006
In Roots, the new film by Pavel Lounguine, a Ukrainian conman named Edik lures several wealthy North Americans on a heritage tour to their ancestral shtetl of Golutvin. The film, which will screen at the New York Jewish Film Festival opening today, could have been paired with last fall’s adaptation of Everything Is Illuminated. But ...
