Elena Shamova

The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)

Mishka Yaponchik was a Ukrainian gangster, Jewish, lived in Odessa at the beginning of the XX century, the military leader of two thousand of gangsters and the prototype of Benia Krik in The "Odessa Tales" by Soviet Jewish writer Isaak Babel. Born Moisei Vinnitsky, Yaponchik ("the Japanese") was an exceptional and eccentric character. Hailed as the next Robin Hood, he established his own code of conduct forbidding the robbing of the poor and professional classes.

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Oksana Ladyhina

Mykhalych is a former football player of a famous team, he is going through not the best times, and trying to assemble a team for the World Cup of football for the homeless. He is driven not only by love for sports, but rather by the need to break out of the "dead end" into which life has driven him. And also - an attempt to help the boys who ended up just on the street. And when the Ukrainian flag is raised in the final of the championship, these guys are unable to hold back tears of joy not only for themselves, but also for their country. And it is not important whether the country recognizes "its heroes" and what will happen to them later. The most important victory that changed their lives took place.