Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard leads writer/director James Gray harrowing romantic period drama THE IMMIGRANT as Polish women Ewa, struggling to survive the murky streets of New York City during the 1920s. It’s a film Gray specifically wrote for the LA VIE EN ROSE actress, which also director reunites with Joaquin Phoenix for a fourth time. He portrays a dark and abusive character in the film that first premiered to great acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival earlier in the year. Oscar-nominee Jeremy Renner co-stars as the kind man offering to help Ewa escape her dangerous relationship with Phoenix’s evil Bruno.
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.
There are still no release dates for either the US or the UK but we do have a new international trailer, clips and poster merging the first character poster collection we initially brought you a few weeks ago.
Source: Elle.fr
