A cat, a dying wish, and a trip to Ukraine—what could possibly go right?
A determined student from Chicago is forced to fulfill the last wish of his ailing grandfather. He has to travel to Odessa, Ukraine, and bring back his grandfather's cat.
Acting
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan's grumpy grandfather steals every scene.
Production
Odessa locations feel authentically lived-in and chaotic.
Director
Vladimir Alenikov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Vladimir Alenikov shot this between teaching film classes at UCLA, financing it partly through Russian TV connections.
The film quietly satirizes post-Soviet Jewish emigration stories—grandfather's generation left Odessa, grandson returns clueless.
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