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Natasha

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Canada · 2015
1h 33m
Director David Bezmozgis
Starring Alex Ozerov, Deanna Dezmari, Genadijs Dolganovs, Sasha K. Gordon
Genre Drama

Mark Berman, the 16-year-old son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, lives in the suburbs north of Toronto. When his uncle enters into an arranged marriage with a 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.

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RogerEbert.com by

The real draw of Natasha is without a doubt its young, charismatic lead Gordon, who portrays an emotionally tarnished young woman’s complex journey with a cool kind of unaffectedness. She effortlessly brings out the best and most mysterious in Bezmozgis’ unassuming little film.

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The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck

Bezmozgis, whose previous feature was 2009's Victoria Day, is more assured as a writer than filmmaker, with Natasha featuring a bland visual and editing style. But he's elicited fine performances from the ensemble.

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Variety by Jessica Kiang

A pair of rich central performances, an authentic eye for its second-generation immigrant milieu and a novelist’s comfort with ambiguity allow Natasha to modestly transcend its overpopulated genre.

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Kate Taylor

Natasha is, in fact, a deceptive and delicate coming-of-age piece – deceptive because it exposes a troubling underside, delicate because it does so with a measured and quiet intelligence.

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