Back to My Roots

Premise

Four generations of a Jewish family live under one roof. Despite living next door to a synagogue, the Abramovich’s, with the exception of Grandmother Musa, are not strong on Jewish tradition, religion or identity: Boris’ business is buying, selling (and eating) pork. Meanwhile his son, David hides his origins from his friends, and his wife, Alla has no idea how much she resembles the stereotypical Jewish mother. Everything changes one day when Boris is struck by lightning. While unconscious, he is visited by the spirit of Haim, a long dead and somewhat obnoxious family ancestor. Haim reveals that a long time ago he committed a terrible sin, which resulted in a curse being placed on the entire family. It turns out that only Boris can remove the curse – by setting free Haim’s soul!

Cast and characters

Leading cast

• Gera Sandler as Боря Абрамович
• Semyon Strugachyov as Хаим Абрамович
• Anna Banshchikova as Алла абрамович - жена Бори
• Denis Kotov as Давид Абрамович - сын Бори
• Irina Chipizhenko as Муся Львовна Абрамович
• Nina Dvorzhetskaya as Дина Марковна Абрамович
• Evgeniya Vays as Яна Абрамович - дочь Бори
• Bayastan Koldoshaly as Эльбек Абдурахманов - муж Яны

Supporting cast

• Pavel Maykov as Павел Воронов
• Ekaterina Kuchma as Соня Воронова - дочь Павла
• Dmitry Lysenkov as Михаил
• Angelina Pakhomova as Сюзи
• Vladimir Maksimov as Толик - сосед
• Hrant Tokhatyan as Арташес Гургенович
• Elberd Agayev as Тимур - мясник
• Arseniy Sergeev as Лёва - друг Давида

Episodes

This series spans 2 seasons with 15 episodes.

Production

Release

References

1. The Movie Database (TMDB)
2. IMDb
3. Official Website
4. EpisodeTime Show Page