Summary In 1964, in the Catskills, Zelimo, a Russian Jewish lad, goes to a camp for Jewish boys, where he's miserable, picked on and worse. His mother is working at the neighboring girls' camp, so he joins her there. Over the course of the summer, in a coming of age story, he has flashbacks to his childhood in Central Russia and his harrowing escape in 1959. His summer passage is aided by Hector, camp counselor, Cuban Jew, and macho warrior who takes Zelimo under his wing. A knife, a bow, a rowboat, and Zelimo's sketchbook are each part of his passage. View more details
Directed : Aleks Rosenberg
Written : Aleks Rosenberg
Stars : Sy Bondy Marek Skupienski Jake Gomolinski-Ekel Mario Prado Jr.
Genres : Drama
Release date : Dec 31, 2000
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : IVM Productions Inc.
Summary In 1964, in the Catskills, Zelimo, a Russian Jewish lad, goes to a camp for Jewish boys, where he's miserable, picked on and worse. His mother is working at the neighboring girls' camp, so he joins her there. Over the course of the summer, in a coming of age story, he has flashbacks to his childhood in Central Russia and his harrowing escape in 1959. His summer passage is aided by Hector, camp counselor, Cuban Jew, and macho warrior who takes Zelimo under his wing. A knife, a bow, a rowboat, and Zelimo's sketchbook are each part of his passage. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Dec 31, 2000
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : IVM Productions Inc.
