20 Cans of Chunky Beef Soup
2003 · 49m · Not Rated
Documentary
Directed by
Yuriy Gavrilenko
,
Slava Solganik
Overview
Documentary tells the story of Maxim Vakhmin, a veritable alleycat of a man. Revered as both an angel and a devil, Maxim (once known as a successful artist in his native Russia) is losing friends and finding new ones as a homeless person in the USA.
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