SummaryThe subversive masterpieces of Russian-Ukrainian writer Isaac Babel challenged the reality of life under rising totalitarianism, and led to his arrest and execution in 1940. In Finding Babel, Andrei Malaev-Babel confronts complex traces of a turbulent history that echo in his grandfather's writing and in the conflicts of today's Ukraine and Russi... Read More
Directed By:David Novack
Written By:Andrei Malaev-Babel, David Novack
Finding Babel
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Dec 1, 2016
70
When it’s merely a guided tour marked by sites and talking historians, Finding Babel can feel a little color-by-numbers. (Which may explain the Schreiber-read interludes.) But there are excursions that feel invigorating.
Nov 12, 2016
70
The film serves as a concise biographical portrait and an excellent introduction to the writer's works.
Oct 27, 2016
70
This lit-doc travelogue gains in power, insight, and urgency as it journeys.
Oct 27, 2016
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In what probably qualifies as both an accomplishment and a shortcoming, the movie makes you want to read Babel’s writing instead.
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Release Date:Oct 28, 2016
Duration:1 h 28 m
Tagline:ISAAC BABEL wrote the truth. But the truth cost him everything.
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Awards
Moscow Jewish Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Seattle International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
