Acclaimed writer/director James Gray reunites with his WE OWN THE NIGHT, TWO LOVERS and THE YARDS lead Joaquin Phoenix in period romantic drama THE IMMIGRANT. The film made its premiere earlier in the year at Cannes and now we’ve the first French character posters featuring the main cast, which includes fellow Oscar-nominees Jeremy Renner and Marion Cotillard. We’re still awaiting release dates for both the UK and the US but THE IMMIGRANT is a film Gray specifically wrote for Cotillard.
A Polish woman separated from her sister on Ellis Island struggles to survive on the streets of Manhattan in this period drama from writer/director James Gray (We Own the Night, Two Lovers). The year is 1921. Polish sisters Ewa (Marion Cotillard) and Magda Cybulski are seeking a brighter future when the board a boat bound for the New York City. Upon arriving on Ellis Island, however, Magda is placed in quarantine after receiving a grim and unexpected medical diagnosis. A stranger in a strange land, Ewa falls under the spell of the malevolent Bruno (Joaquin Phoenix), who forces her into prostitution. Yet a ray of hope soon comes in the form of Bruno’s cousin Orlando (Jeremy Renner), a suave magician whose romantic interests in Ewa may be her ticket to a life worth living.
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