A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side in the late 19th century, is almost exclusively populated by other Jewish immigrants. When his wife finally arrives in the New World, however, she has a lot of assimilating to do.
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Steven Keats
Jake
Carol Kane
Gitl
Mel Howard
Bernstein
Dorrie Kavanaugh
Mamie
Doris Roberts
Mrs. Kavarsky
Stephen Strimpell
Joe Peltner
Lauren Friedman
Fanny
Paul Freedman
Joey
Martin Garner
Boss
Leib Lensky
Peddler
Director
Joan Micklin Silver
Screenplay
Joan Micklin Silver
Tagline
"Goodbye O Lord, I'm Going To America!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Midwest Films
CinemaSerf
July 28, 2024
There are a couple of really quite poignant performances here from "Jake" (Steven Keats) and his wife "Gitl" (Carol Kane) as together with their young son they try to make a new life in New York after fleeing from Russia. He had arrived some time earlier and had already become exposed to some of the more libertarian aspects of American society by the time his family arrived and though he manages t...
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