A young Russian Jewish immigrant in New York's Brighton Beach, (known as Little Odessa), is bound up within the tight constraints of his community. He develops a close friendship with his grandfather's new neighbours, two elderly closeted men who open his imagination to the possibilities of love and the realities of loss and, as he explores the East Village, he finds a world teeming with the energy of youth and desire. Set in the late 1980s New York City, Minyan is a powerful story of rebellion and self-discovery, sexual and spiritual awakening ― and survival.
J**T
Great
It’s great
P**Z
So Booooooooooooring
I hit the fast forward button within 10 minutes, desperately seeking some action or at least a storyline that would at least let me know what the hell was supposed to be going on. Unless you are jewish or a student of Judaism you are unlikely to be able to understand the significance of the rituals and/or worship that the film relies on to convey one man's struggle to fit in. The young men in the movie want to enjoy a hedonistic western lifestyle, including some same sex romps, but the old men in the movie just want to wallow in the miseries of their trials and tribulations in the Second World War. Not a good mix and not a good movie. Don't waste your money on this, send it to the Ukraine instead, where it may do some good.
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