The Immigrant
2013 · Movie · R · 117 min · ★ 6.3 · 81% critics
In 1921 New York, an immigrant woman is separated from her sister at Ellis Island and left facing deportation and uncertainty. She’s pulled into a dangerous world connected to burlesque and vaudeville, until a dazzling magician tries to help her and bring her sister back within reach.
Also known as Nightingale · Lowlife
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-11-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (876 votes)
- Box office
- $5,867,686
About
You’ll likely enjoy The Immigrant if you want a bleak immigration drama with a lavish period feel and intense emotions, but Not for you if slow pacing and heavy melodrama drag you down, especially compared with Two Lovers or The Last Station.
Pros: striking 1920s atmosphere; strong central performances; lavish period look | Cons: slow pacing; melodrama clichés; mixed plot confidence
Themes
- new york city
- immigrant
- ship
- quarantine
- corruption
- sibling relationship
- nightmare
- escape
- magic
- love
- money
- murder
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Marion Cotillard
as Ewa Cybulska
Joaquin Phoenix
as Bruno Weiss
Jeremy Renner
as "Orlando the Magician" / Emil
Dagmara Dominczyk
as Belva
Yelena Solovey
as Rosie Hertz
Jicky Schnee
as Clara
Maja Wampuszyc
as Edyta Bistricky
Ilia Volok
as Wojtek Bistricky
Angela Sarafyan
as Magda Cybulska
Antoni Corone
as Customs Officer Thomas McNally
Directed by James Gray