导演: Joan Micklin Silver
编剧: Abraham Cahan / Joan Micklin Silver
主演: 卡洛·凯恩 / Steven Keats / Mel Howard
类型: 剧情 / 爱情
制片国家/地区: 美国
语言: 英语 / 依地语
上映日期: 1975-10-19
片长: 90 分钟
简介: It's 1896. Yankel Bogovnik| a Russian Jew| emigrated to the United States three years earlier and has settled where many of his background have| namely on Hester
Street on the Lower East Side of New York City. He has assimilated to American life| having learned English| anglicized his name to Jake| and shaved off his beard.
He is working at a $12/week job as a seamster| the money earned to be able to bring his wife Gitl and his son Yossele to America from Russia. Regardless| he has
fallen in love with another woman| a dancer named Mamie Fein. Nonetheless| he is excited when he learns that Gitl and Yossele are indeed coming to America. His
happiness at their arrival is dampened when he sees that Gitl is not "American" looking like Mamie and has troubles assimilating as quickly as he would like. Except
to Mamie| he tries to show a public façade that everything is fine at home with Gitl. But can their marriage survive these differences| and if not| will Gitl be
able to manage in this new...
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