Back to My Roots

7.2 (4 votes)• 2023•Returning Series

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Four generations of a Jewish family live under one roof. Despite living next door to a synagogue, the Abramovich’s, with the exception of Grandmother Musa, are not strong on Jewish tradition, religion or identity: Boris’ business is buying, selling (and eating) pork. Meanwhile his son, David hides his origins from his friends, and his wife, Alla has no idea how much she resembles the stereotypical Jewish mother. Everything changes one day when Boris is struck by lightning. While unconscious, he is visited by the spirit of Haim, a long dead and somewhat obnoxious family ancestor. Haim reveals that a long time ago he committed a terrible sin, which resulted in a curse being placed on the entire family. It turns out that only Boris can remove the curse – by setting free Haim’s soul!

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Production Details

Languages: Hebrew, Russian

Director: Ilya Farfel

Starring Cast: Gera Sandler, Semyon Strugachyov, Anna Banshchikova, Denis Kotov, Irina Chipizhenko, Nina Dvorzhetskaya

Cast

Gera Sandler

Боря Абрамович

Semyon Strugachyov

Хаим Абрамович

Anna Banshchikova

Алла абрамович - жена Бори

Denis Kotov

Давид Абрамович - сын Бори

Irina Chipizhenko

Муся Львовна Абрамович

Nina Dvorzhetskaya

Дина Марковна Абрамович

Evgeniya Vays

Яна Абрамович - дочь Бори

Bayastan Koldoshaly

Эльбек Абдурахманов - муж Яны

Pavel Maykov

Павел Воронов

Ekaterina Kuchma

Соня Воронова - дочь Павла

Dmitry Lysenkov

Михаил

Angelina Pakhomova

Сюзи

Vladimir Maksimov

Толик - сосед

Hrant Tokhatyan

Арташес Гургенович

Elberd Agayev

Тимур - мясник

Arseniy Sergeev

Лёва - друг Давида

Audience Reviews & Breakdown

8.7 / 10

Comedy

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