The Immigrant

The Immigrant

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The Immigrant
The Immigrant

The Immigrant

6.6 | 1h57m | R | en | Drama

1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.

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6.6 | 1h57m | R | en | Drama , Romance | More Info
Released: May. 16,2014 | Released Producted By: Kingsgate Films , Worldview Entertainment Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://theimmigrant-lefilm.com/
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1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.

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Cast

Marion Cotillard , Joaquin Phoenix , Jeremy Renner

Director

Pete Zumba

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Kingsgate Films , Worldview Entertainment

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dromasca Director James Gray returns in his 2013 production of The Immigrant to one of his recurrent themes - the one that made him known in the first long feature film he made Little Odessa - immigration, and to his preferred background which features also in his debut but also in the more recent Two Lovers - New York. Actually his other well known feature film We Own the Night was not located too remotely as well. In all his last film we also enjoy the presence of Joaquin Phoenix, an actor that I highly appreciate. We can already speak about a cluster of works happening more or less in the same milieu, with a team of actors and a style of story telling that make it consistent. Not necessarily successful - to my taste at least.This story of two sisters arriving in New York in the 1920s, and their fight to remain in the New Promised Land and survive by all means could have been made in 1930, or 1960, or 1990. It would have looked a little different as technical means differ, but otherwise not too much seems to have changed. The 2013 version adds too little from an emotional point of view to really make a true emotional or social impact. Neither does the passionate and tragic love story between the pimp and the new innocent immigrant look too true. It starts as a story of mutual destruction, it continues as a tragic love triangle, it ends by destroying the charmer and the harmer in a too much expected way.If there is one actress who can play wonderfully melodrama today on screens, this is Marion Cotillard. She does exactly what is expected, and so does Joaquin Phoenix. This is not enough. Director James Gray knows how to tell a story on screen, but his style must overcome the clichés in order to free the good director we guess he is. Chaplin's film with the same name made almost 100 years ago still remains a stake of value hard to exceed.
SnoopyStyle It's 1921. Polish sisters Ewa (Marion Cotillard) and Magda Cybulska arrive in NYC. Magda is quarantined and Ewa is accused of having low morals threatened with deportation. She's desperate to stay and find her sister. Bruno Weiss (Joaquin Phoenix) manages the burlesque Bandits' Roost. He zeros in on the vulnerable Ewa and eventually pushes her into prostitution. She tracks down her relatives but her uncle gets the police and she's sent back to Ellis Island slated for deportation. There she sees a performance by Orlando the magician (Jeremy Renner) who turns out to be Bruno's cousin Emil.This is a beautiful looking film. James Gray is able to achieve that much. The actors are first rate and Marion Cotillard is a true standout here. I love that her character isn't a simple innocent. She's smart enough not to trust Bruno right from the start. I don't like Bruno's character as much. He's a damaged person but the movie seems intent to create sympathy for him. Joaquin has a lovely vulnerability but he needs to be a tougher villain. Overall, this movie is simply too slow although it is quite beautiful.
Arenas4812 This is a great period piece! Really enjoyed the editing and the way it was shot. Joaquin Phoenix did a really good job as playing the pimp or slum lord of the film. The young actress who played the immigrant did a great job trying to make her way through the harsh world of early 20th century New York City. She winds up finding no family, her sister winds up on Ellis Island(in basically a jail), and she's got no money. I felt bad for her when her only Uncle called her dirty names and sided with cops and land lord. She accidentally finds Joaquin's brother while doing work on Ellis Island. While the film is slow, its good at the end. Good for a rainy Saturday afternoon.
evanston_dad Marion Cotillard is one of the most lovely actresses currently working, and she struggles hard to make something of this blah film, but her talents are mostly wasted."The Immigrant" starts promisingly, but it's not long before the film begins to sag under the weight of dull pacing and a relentlessly somber tone. Joaquin Phoenix ratchets up the ick factor to play a man who takes advantage of recently-emigrated women and with whom Cotillard's character strikes up a queasy relationship, not so much because she likes him but because he's the only thing resembling a protector she has in an unfamiliar world. Jeremy Renner is a welcome presence as a rival for Cotillard's affections, but he has far too little screen time and leaves the film too early. Phoenix is absolutely repulsive to look at (as usual) and listen to with his mush-mouthed line readings, and his unpleasantness overwhelms the film and everything in it, including Cotillard.Handsome production values and some good moments tantalize the audience with what might have been under more dynamic direction and with a different leading man.Grade: C+