In Search of Happiness (2005)
52m
Running Time
January 1, 2005Release Date
In Search of Happiness (2005)
52m
Running Time
January 1, 2005Release Date
Plot.
Follows the lives of Boris and Masha Rak, Soviet Jews who in 1934 moved to the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.
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Release DateJanuary 1, 2005
Original NameV Poiskach Schastia
StatusReleased
Running Time52m
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This Movie Is About.
soviet union
judaism
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In Search of Happiness (Russian: В поисках счастья) is a 2005 Russian documentary film that poetically follows the lives of Boris and Masha Rak, Soviet Jews who in 1934 moved to the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO) created by the Soviet government in Russian Far East. The film won the Best Documentary award in the Russian Film Festival in 2006.
The Jewish population of the JAO never reached 30% and as of 2003 it was only about 1.2%. The population of the capital, Birobidzan, has dwindled. The city's only Birobidzhan Synagogue holds services twice a week.