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Films with theme "Films about immigration", sorted by revenue
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I Am Not Lorena (2014)
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Paulina García, Elisa Zulueta
The story is centered on Olivia, an actress in her late twenties who has recently broken up with her boyfriend Mauro, a theatre director. But despite the breakup, Olivia accepts a part in a play directed by Mauro. Things do not go well, either in her life or in the play, where she is unable to achieve what a demanding Mauro is asking of her.
The Magnetic Tree (2013)
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Daniel Alcaíno, Blanca Lewin, Manuela Martelli, Catalina Saavedra
Bruno is a young immigrant returning to Chile from Germany after a long absence. Bruno is staying in the house of his cousins in the country, where the whole family are gathered to bid the place a farewell, as it is about to be sold. They visit a place that he remembers fondly, the "Magnetic Tree" a local curiosity. The tree has a mysterious magnetic force, so powerful that it can pull cars toward itself.
All Three of Us (2015)
, 1h42Directed by Kheiron
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La banlieue française, Films about immigration, La précarité, L'émigration
Actors Leïla Bekhti, Gérard Darmon, Kheiron, Zabou Breitman, Alexandre Astier, Kyan Kho
Le film narre l’histoire vraie d'Hibat Tabib — joué par son fils, l'humoriste Kheiron — et de son épouse Fereshteh — incarnée par Leïla Bekhti. Jeunes Iraniens, militants pour la démocratie, ils contestent le régime du shah, Hibat passe sept ans dans les geôles du shah. Après la prise du pouvoir par l'ayatollah Khomeini, Hibat et Fereshteh constatent qu'un tyran a succédé à un autre, et sont contraints de fuir leur pays en 1984. Le film raconte leur vie en Iran dans la clandestinité, leur fuite dangereuse puis leur exil en France. Après leur arrivée en Seine-Saint-Denis, ils s'intègrent et s'impliquent dans la vie associative locale. Leur fils s'oriente vers les métiers du spectacle et deviendra l'humoriste Kheiron.
, 2h33Directed by Sylvain George
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about immigration, La précarité
Composé de fragments qui se renvoient et se télescopent les uns avec les autres, créant ainsi de multiples jeux de temporalité et de spatialité, ce film montre sur une durée de trois ans (juillet 2007 - janvier 2010), les conditions de vie des personnes migrantes à Calais.
Young Tiger (2015)
, 1h27Directed by Cyprien Vial
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Karim Leklou, Aurore Broutin, Gérard Zingg, Marie Berto
Immigré originaire du Penjab, Many, 17 ans, poursuit assidument ses études à l'école, tout en travaillant au noir pour envoyer de l'argent à ses parents qui sont restés dans son pays d'origine. Many trouve alors plusieurs jobs de moins en moins légaux, et risque de se faire expulser à sa majorité.
How I Discovered America (1949)
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Erminio Macario, Carlo Ninchi, Delia Scala, Folco Lulli, Nino Pavese, Pina Gallini
Smokin' Stogies (2001)
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Frank Vincent, Tony Sirico, Jack Guzman
A gangster is sent to Miami to recover one million dollars in smuggled, and now stolen, Cuban cigars.
30 Days in Atlanta (2014)
, 1h51Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Ramsey Nouah, Richard Mofe Damijo, Desmond Elliot, Vivica A. Fox, Lynn Whitfield, Karlie Redd
In the city of Lagos, Nigeria, Warri-based Nigerians, Akpors (Ayo Makun), an impulsive but funny young man and his more reserved, learned cousin, Richard (Ramsey Nouah), an I.T. consultant are invited to a luxurious real estate showcase party sponsored by a businessman and realtor, Dr. Johnson Adetola Briggs (Majid Michel) with his wife (Juliet Ibrahim) in new Lekki Gardens Estate, Lagos. Akpors unexpectedly wins a 30 day prize trip to Atlanta, U. S. A. for a couple in the raffle draw. Akpors decides to go with his cousin on the trip. On hearing about their winning, Richard's former girlfriend, Ese (Mercy Johnson) whom he recently broke up with, decides to reconcile with him in order to seize the opportunity to follow him to the United States. Richard suspects her motive and declines to her advances and plea for reconciliation. They proceed to make travel arrangements. Richards' mum (Racheal Oniga), a smoked-fish trader, is only amused when Richard reports Ese's glaring intentions stating that his American trip is already stale news. He gives her a laptop with Skype software installed and internet connection so that she can communicate with him at will, with uncle James' assistance. His mum is elated to learn of such a gadget.
Seducing Maarya (2000)
, 1h47Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about immigration, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Nandana Sen, Mohan Agashe, Cas Anvar
Vijay Chatterjee, a lonely widower is a successful restaurateur in Montreal. He hires Maarya, who recently emigrated from Calcutta, to work in his restaurant. Considering her to be an apt girl for her son Aashish, he gets her to marry him. Thoroughly Westernized Aashish, it turns out is a homosexual. But she plays along, keeping the secret from the elder Chatterjee, so that she can remain in the country. As he realizes the newly married couple are not behaving like one, he decides to teach his son the art of seducing a woman, oblivious to his orientation. He ends up falling in love with her himself. As she is eventually involved with her benefactor and now father-in-law, things get more complicated when Zakir, her jealous knife-wielding brother (and her lover in India), enters their lives and Maarya is found to be pregnant.
The Iceman Confesses (2002)
Origin USA
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Documentary films about law, Gangster films
Origin USA
Themes Films about immigration, Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Parisienne (2016)
, 2hDirected by Danielle Arbid
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Manal Issa, Vincent Lacoste, Paul Hamy, Damien Chapelle, Clara Ponsot, Bastien Bouillon
En 1993, une jeune Libanaise de 18 ans nommée Lina arrive à Paris pour y poursuivre ses études. Lors de son passage dans les banlieues de Paris, sa vie est marquée de plusieurs mésaventures où s'entremêlent sexe, drogues, amitiés, folie et surtout bouleversements familiaux qui changeront le cours de sa vie durant ses études mais arrivera tant bien que mal à surmonter les épreuves qui l'attendent.
