Anoushka
FEATURE FILM
IN DEVELOPMENT
writer/director
FEATURE FILM
IN DEVELOPMENT
writer/director
Logline
In 1970s Soviet Russia, a teenaged misfit with a vibrant imagination and love of fashion gets in over her head when a black market arrangement to procure stolen fabrics puts her and her family in grave danger. A stylish coming-of-age story set against the Struggle for Soviet Jewry and the refusenik movement.
Synopsis
Anna (a.k.a. Anoushka) Grinberg, a 13-year-old misfit with a vibrant imagination, wishes she were anywhere else but Soviet Russia. Relentlessly teased for her eccentric fashion choices and being a Jew, Anna escapes into imaginary worlds rich with color and possibility. However, Anna gets in over her head after an arrangement to procure stolen fabrics puts her family in danger.
In 1970s Soviet Russia, a teenaged misfit with a vibrant imagination and love of fashion gets in over her head when a black market arrangement to procure stolen fabrics puts her and her family in grave danger. A stylish coming-of-age story set against the Struggle for Soviet Jewry and the refusenik movement.
Synopsis
Anna (a.k.a. Anoushka) Grinberg, a 13-year-old misfit with a vibrant imagination, wishes she were anywhere else but Soviet Russia. Relentlessly teased for her eccentric fashion choices and being a Jew, Anna escapes into imaginary worlds rich with color and possibility. However, Anna gets in over her head after an arrangement to procure stolen fabrics puts her family in danger.
