Fyodor Karamazov is dying and holed up in his oceanfront home with Liz, his loyal caretaker, when his three estranged children return. Despite carving out new lives for themselves, each is in the midst of their own personal crisis. Part murder mystery, part spiritual quest, The Karamazovs tells a subversive, contemporary American story (inspired by Dostoevsky's classic) about a family unraveling to be remade.

Director's Statement

The Karamazovs is about a dysfunctional family, a murder, a spiritual quest, and the need for truth, justice and love. I used Dostoevsky’s classic as a jumping off point to tell a contemporary American story through my particular lens as a queer woman. It is equal parts suspenseful, poetic, subversive, and surprisingly funny. Bristling at the misogyny in the novel, I wanted to center the outsider in the story, the dying patriarch’s caretaker, Liz. The Karamazovs is my feature film debut, created very collaboratively with my team, after first premiering as a play in NYC in early 2020.

Category: Feature.
Themes: Family, Relationships.

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