Hester Street
DramaRomance
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.
VIBE
A tender, yet often heartbreaking, look at the immigrant experience. It feels like sifting through old photographs, capturing the quiet struggles and small joys of forging a new life in a foreign land. A deeply human and resonant portrayal.
melancholicbittersweetwistfulpoignantslow-burnkitchen sink realismperiod dramacharacter studyassimilationcultural identityimmigrationfamily
manhattannew york citywoman directorrussian emigre19th century
