Immigrant Life
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    Movies

    Merchants of Venus (1997)

    A Russian immigrant finds himself in bed with the mob after buying a sexual novelties shop.

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    Movies

    Bye-Bye (1996)

    After a bitter family crisis, Ismael, the French-born son of North-African immigrants heads south...

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    Movies

    The City of Lost Souls (2002)

    Violent gangster movie with a Brazilian protagonist.

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    Movies

    From the Edge of the City (2000)

    17-year-old Sasha and his family have emigrated from the Pontian area of the former Soviet Union to...

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    Pelle the Conqueror (1988)

    In the 19th century, a Swedish father and son leave their native land for Denmark in search of work...

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    Code Unknown (2001)

    Three people involved in an incident on a Paris street illustrate society's intolerance and lack of...

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    Fall to Grace (2006)

    Kristofer, a Georgian emigrant, is trying to make his way in a new country, a new school and onto...

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    Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

    A couple of East Village loafers decide to embark on a road trip to Ohio to reteam up with one of...

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    Movies

    The Delta (1997)

    A genteel Jew (Shayne Gray) and an immigrant Vietnamese (Thang Chan) living in a Southern town try...

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    Movies

    American Adobo (2002)

    Five Filipino-American friends deal with the everyday struggle to bridge two cultures, while...

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    Movies

    What a Wonderful Place

    In the dead of night somewhere along the Israeli border near the Dead Sea, ex-cop Franco rounds up a...

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    Movies

    Sallah Shabati (1965)

    A Jewish man from Asia immigrates to 1948 Israel with his family and struggles to provide for them.

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    Movies

    Alamo Bay (1985)

    A Texas fisherman (Ed Harris) leads others against Vietnamese refugees working for less in Galveston...

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    Movies

    Gold In the Streets (1997)

    A group of illegal Irish immigrants, who've recently settled in New York City, learns to deal with...

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    Movies

    Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)

    A Chinese-American club owner's (Victor Wong) son (Russell Wong) brings his Chinese bride (Cora...

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    Movies

    Bolivia (2003)

    A young man joins the ranks of the Bolivian economic migrants and goes to work in a bar in Buenos...

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    Movies

    Fratricide (2006)

    Semo, a Kurdish immigrant and pimp living in Germany, offers to pay for his younger brother Azad to...

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    Movies

    Lone Star (1996)

    A small-town Texas sheriff (Chris Cooper) investigates when a brutal predecessor's remains surface...

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    Movies

    Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1990)

    A Finnish rock band travels to North America in search of mainstream success.

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    Movies

    Waiting For Happiness (2003)

    A teenager (Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed), a prostitute (Nana Diakite), a handyman (Maata Ould...

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    Movies

    An American Tail (1986)

    A Russian immigrant mouse finds himself alone in New York City after being separated from his...

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    Movies

    Utvandrarna (1971)

    A family of farmers leaves famine-striken 19th-century Sweden for America, and builds a homestead in...

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    Movies

    America So Beautiful (2003)

    An Iranian immigrant (Mansour) faces rejection and racism while trying to become a dancer in 1979.

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    Movies

    Flavors (2004)

    An ensemble comedy that examines different facets of love and life among the Indian Diaspora in the...

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    Movies

    Across the Line

    A small-town sheriff falls in love with a Latina illegal immigrant who witnessed a murder on the...

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    In This World (2003)

    A 16-year-old Afghan (Jamal Udin Torabi) and his older cousin (Enayatullah) journey across Asia in...

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    Movies

    A Day Without a Mexican (2004)

    Californians awaken to the discovery that everyone of Hispanic heritage has inexplicably...

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    Movies

    Mac (1993)

    Three Italian-American brothers (John Turturro, Michael Badalucco, Carl Capotorto) build suburban...

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    Movies

    25 Degrees in Winter

    It is the 12th of January and it’s going to be a scorcher in the capital of Belgium. A vehicle, with...

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    Movies

    The Mambo Kings (1992)

    Two Cuban brothers (Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas) leave 1950s Havana to cash in on the Latin...