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Isaac Babel comes to us through his stories and his 1920 Diary. Excerpts of his writing, voiced by Liev Schreiber, lyrically guide us along his grandson's journey through Ukraine, Russia, and France.听Andrei-Malaev Babel, Isaac Babel's grandson, is our guide and companion on the search to find out more about his grandfather's life and legacy. He travels from his home in Sarasota, FL to visit Ukraine, Paris, and Russia, locations deeply associated with Isaac Babel.

"A film of great sensitivity and rather unfortunately, significant modern relevancy."鈥�

- 听J.B. Spins

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鈥�"makes you want to read Babel's writing"

- Ben Kenigsberg, NY Times

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"The best proof of documentary's relevance ..."听

- Pravda

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鈥嬧€淎n exquisite ... blockbuster documentary鈥�

- Vitaly Mansky, Meduza

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鈥嬧€�... by exploring the closed pages of the life of an outstanding writer ... [Novack] reveals something new in the life of modern Russia.鈥� - MK.RU

Isaac Babel's writings are subversive masterpieces, challenging the ideology of the early Soviet Union, and resulting in his arrest and execution in 1940. On the 75th anniversary of Isaac Babel's execution, Finding Babel follows Andrei Malaev-Babel, his grandson, on a journey to come closer to some sense of truth. Hoping to better understand Babel's powerful artistic method and elusive persona, Andrei journeys through Ukraine, France and Russia; locations deeply tied to the story of his grandfather. 听He confronts lingering traces of a turbulent history that echo in Babel鈥檚 writing and in the conflicts and climate of today鈥檚 Ukraine and Russia.听

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With each stop, Andrei gets closer to the complex stories that Babel wrote with depth and hidden meaning. Ultimately, through powerful interviews and a painful examination of Babel鈥檚 NKVD file, Andrei engages with his grandfather鈥檚 arrest, torture and execution. Babel鈥檚 life story and his fiction are woven into Andrei鈥檚 search with ethereal animation that puts viewers, like Babel鈥檚 readers, somewhere between reality and fantasy.