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Le Havre
Le Havre (2011)
, 1h33
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Elina Salo, Évelyne Didi

Marcel Marx, a former bohemian and struggling author, has given up his literary ambitions and relocated to the port city Le Havre. He leads a simple life based around his wife Arletty, his favourite bar and his not too profitable profession as a shoeshiner. As Arletty suddenly becomes seriously ill, Marcel's path crosses with an underage illegal immigrant from Africa. Marcel and friendly neighbors and other townspeople help to hide him from the police. The police inspector may, or may not, be hot on their heels.
Heaven's Gate, 3h40
Directed by Michael Cimino, Brian W. Cook
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Films about immigration, Politique, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, La précarité, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Political films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, Jeff Bridges, John Hurt, Sam Waterston

In 1870, two young men, Jim Averill and Billy Irvine, graduate from Harvard College. The Reverend Doctor speaks to the graduates on the association of "the cultivated mind with the uncultivated" and the importance of education. Irvine, brilliant but obviously intoxicated, follows this with his opposing, irreverent views. A celebration is then held after which the male students serenade the women present, including Averill's girlfriend.
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, 1h36
Directed by Luc Bossi, Marjane Satrapi, Ken Scott
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Dhanush, Bérénice Bejo, Gemma Arterton, Laurent Lafitte, Erin Moriarty, Stefano Cassetti

Ajatashatru est fakir. Un jour, il quitte Bombay pour la France. Il y rencontre rapidement une américaine, dont il tombe amoureux. Mais Ajatashatru est accidentellement expulsé avec des clandestins africains. Envoyé aux quatre coins de l'Europe, il va tenter de retrouver celle qu'il aime.
Provoked: A True Story, 2h13
Directed by Jag Mundhra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Feminist films, Films about immigration, La précarité, Films about domestic violence
Actors Aishwarya Rai, Robbie Coltrane, Miranda Richardson, Naveen Andrews, Nandita Das, Ray Panthaki

Kiranjit Ahluwalia (Aishwarya Rai), a Punjabi woman, marries Deepak Ahluwalia (Naveen Andrews) in an arranged marriage and moves to Southall, UK with him to be closer to his family. Initially he seems caring and affectionate towards her but soon enough the true colors of her husband begin to show as Deepak gradually reveals a darker, threatening, and even sociopathic side of himself. After enduring ten years of abuse and having two children with him, Kiranjit, unable to bear the brutality and repeated rapes at the hands of her husband any longer, sets fire to his feet while he is sleeping, unintentionally killing him. Charged with murder, her case comes to the notice of a group of South Asian social workers running an under funded organization called the Southall Black Sisters.
The Perez Family, 1h53
Directed by Mira Nair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Chazz Palminteri, Vincent Gallo, Trini Alvarado

Après avoir passé deux ans en prison à Cuba, Juan Perez débarque à Miami pour rejoindre sa famille. Une erreur d'enregistrement le fait passer pour le mari de Dottie Perez, une ancienne prostituée, et tous deux sont jetés dans un camp de réfugiés. Juan use alors de toutes ses ruses pour pouvoir s'évader et retrouver sa famille...
Bugsy Malone, 1h33
Directed by Alan Parker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Action, Musical
Themes Films about children, Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger, Jodie Foster, John Cassisi, Martin Lev, Phil Daniels

A mobster named Roxy Robinson is "splurged" by members of a gang, using rapid-fire custard-shooting "splurge guns". Once splurged, a kid is "all washed up... finished". Speakeasy boss Fat Sam introduces himself and Bugsy Malone, a boxing promoter with no money ("Bugsy Malone").
God's Own Country, 1h44
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about immigration, Films about sexuality, Films about the labor movement, La précarité, LGBT-related film
Actors Josh O'Connor, Ian Hart, Gemma Jones, Melanie Kilburn

Johnny Saxby (Josh O'Connor) vit dans la ferme familiale du Yorkshire avec son père Martin (Ian Hart), diminué par un accident vasculaire, et sa grand-mère Deirdre (Gemma Jones). Son quotidien est marqué par le dur travail auprès des bêtes, des escapades solitaires au bar de la ville voisine et de brefs et froids ébats avec de jeunes hommes inconnus.
Al Capone
Al Capone (1959)
, 1h44
Directed by Richard Wilson
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Rod Steiger, Nehemiah Persoff, Fay Spain, Martin Balsam, Murvyn Vye, Robert Gist

Chicago, 1919: A young Al Capone arrives to work for mob boss Johnny Torrio. He meets Torrio's top man, "Big Jim" Colosimo, who runs business and politics in the First Ward while secretly on Torrio's payroll.
My Beautiful Laundrette, 1h33
Directed by Stephen Frears
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, Films about racism, Films about sexuality, La précarité, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Gordon Warnecke, Daniel Day-Lewis, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Souad Faress, Shirley Anne Field

Omar Ali is a young man living in Battersea in the Wandsworth area of South London, right by the railway station during the mid-1980s. His father, Hussein, once a famous left-wing British Pakistani journalist in Bombay, lives in London but hates Britain's society and its international politics. His dissatisfaction with the world and a family tragedy have led him to sink into alcoholism, so that Omar has to be his carer. By contrast, Omar's paternal uncle Nasser is a successful entrepreneur and an active member of the London Pakistani community. Omar's father asks his uncle to give Omar a job and, after working for a brief time as a car washer in one of his uncle's garages, he is assigned the task of managing a run-down laundrette and turning it into a profitable business.
Borderline
Borderline (1980)
, 1h39
Directed by Jerrold Freedman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Charles Bronson, Ed Harris, Bruno Kirby, Michael Lerner, Kenneth McMillan, Bert Remsen

The film follows a United States Border Patrol Agent in Charge, Jeb Maynard (Bronson), who is forced to track down the killers of a young Mexican boy and his colleague and friend, a veteran Senior Patrol Agent, "Scooter" Jackson, portrayed by (Wilford Brimley). Jeb Maynard is the Patrol Agent in Charge of the "fictional" Otay Border Patrol Station, located in the hills east of San Diego, CA. Otay Station is a composite of the actual El Cajon, CA and Brown Field, CA Border Patrol Stations. He is helped by the young boy's mother, Elena Morales, (Karmin Murcelo) and a rookie Border Patrol Agent, Jimmy Fantes, (Kirby).
Fast Food Nation, 1h54
Directed by Richard Linklater
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Documentary
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about animals, Cooking films, Environmental films, Films about immigration, Medical-themed films, Obésité, La précarité, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentaire sur la malbouffe, Documentary films about health care, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors Patricia Arquette, Luis Guzmán, Ethan Hawke, Bobby Cannavale, Ashley Johnson, Paul Dano

Don Anderson is the Mickey's hamburger chain marketing director who helped develop the "Big One", its most popular menu item. When he learns that independent research has discovered a considerable presence of fecal matter in the meat, he travels to the fictitious town of Cody, Colorado to determine if the local Uni-Globe meatpacking processing plant, Mickey's main meat supplier, is guilty of sloppy production. Don's tour shows him only the pristine work areas and most efficient procedures, assuring him that everything the company produces is immaculate.
Amreeka
Amreeka (2009)
, 1h36
Directed by Cherien Dabis
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about immigration, Political films
Actors Nisreen Faour, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat

Muna Farah (Nisreen Faour) is a divorced Palestinian Christian mother raising her teenage son Fadi (Melkar Muallem). She works for a bank in Ramallah, part of the West Bank, Palestinian territories. Each day after work, Muna picks up Fadi from school and crosses through an Israeli checkpoint in order to get to their home in Bethlehem. She lives with her aging mother and has occasional visits from her brother Samer. One day after arriving home, Muna discovers that she has been awarded an American green card through the lottery. Although she initially considered declining the offer, Muna reconsiders after she and Fadi are harassed at the checkpoint by Israeli soldiers.
Pelle the Conqueror, 2h37
Directed by Bille August
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about children, Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume, Axel Strøbye, Sofie Gråbøl

Based upon the famous 1910 novel of the same name by Danish writer Martin Andersen Nexø, the film is set in the late 1850s and early 1860s. A boat filled with emigrants from Sweden arrives at the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle who have moved to Denmark from Skåne County, in southern Sweden, to find work after the death of Pelle's mother. They find employment at a large farm, but find themselves treated as the lowest form of life. It is only as Pelle starts to speak Danish that he begins to gain in confidence, but is still discriminated against as a foreigner. But neither boy nor father is willing to give up their dream of finding a better life than that which they left in Sweden.
Capone
Capone (1975)
, 1h41
Directed by Steve Carver
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, L'Outfit de Chicago, Gangster films
Actors Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Susan Blakely, Sylvester Stallone, John Cassavetes, Frank Campanella

The story is of the rise and fall of the Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years.
State of Grace, 2h14
Directed by Phil Joanou
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright, John C. Reilly, John Turturro

Terry Noonan (Penn) returns to Hell's Kitchen in New York City after a 10-year absence, where his unpredictable childhood friend Jackie Flannery (Oldman) is involved in an Irish crime organization (based on The Westies) run by his older brother Frank/Frankie (Harris). Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister Kathleen (Wright).