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01/01/1985 Drama 0h 24m
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Overview

Molly's Pilgrim is a 1985 American short film directed by Jeffrey D. Brown, based on the children's book of the same title by Barbara Cohen. It tells the story of Molly, a young Russian immigrant. When Molly's class is given a special holiday assignment, she shows her classmates the true meaning of Thanksgiving. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

  1. Jeffrey D. Brown

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Sophia Eliazova

    Molly

  2. Polina Klimovitskaya

    Mama

  3. Albert Makhtsier

    Papa

  4. Andrea Lawn

    Elizabeth

  5. Lilly Balaban

    Kate

  6. Travis Blank

    Arthur

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-12-06
This is quite a touching, low budget, drama that spends a little time with “Molly” (Sophia Eliazova). She and her parents are recent emigrants to the USA and having already anglicised her name, she is keen to integrate at school. Her teacher is supportive, but “Elizabeth” (Andrea Lawn) rather looks down her nose at her, and encourages others to laugh at her pronounced vowels. With Thanksgiving looming large, the class are given the task of understanding it’s pilgrim provenance and that includes the making of a doll to represent either the new arrivals or the native Americans who welc...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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