The Immigrant Page #7

Synopsis: 1921. In search of a new start and the American dream, Ewa Cybulska and her sister Magda sail to New York from their native Poland. When they reach Ellis Island, doctors discover that Magda is ill, and the two women are separated. Ewa is released onto the mean streets of Manhattan while her sister is quarantined. Alone, with nowhere to turn and desperate to reunite with Magda, she quickly falls prey to Bruno, a charming but wicked man who takes her in and forces her into prostitution. And then one day, Ewa encounters Bruno's cousin, the debonair magician Orlando. He sweeps Ewa off her feet and quickly becomes her only chance to escape the nightmare in which she finds herself.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): James Gray
Production: The Weinstein Company
  15 wins & 30 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
R
Year:
2013
120 min
$1,300,791
Website
1,517 Views


I mean it. I see you around town,

I'm walking the other way.

Let's go. Come on,

before they see us.

Quickly.

You stay here.

I'm going to go sign your sister out.

It may take a couple of minuets.

I better keep drinking this opium.

It feels like my jaw is broken.

It's not hanging straight.

The tickets.

You can get on a boat

and go across to Jersey.

And get on a train.

It goes through Pittsburgh,

and goes to California,

And go out there and you'll

start a new life.

You understand?

You don't come?

No, I don't come.

If I go, they'll be looking for

us the rest of our lives,

you and your sister will

never get settled.

You'll wind up dead or in jail.

But what do you do here?

They blame you.

They say you kill him by yourself.

Well, I did. Didn't I?

Yes, I did. And I will confess.

You get everything you need and

you go with that train.

And you get your sister back.

- You did it. You saved her.

- Yes.

I thank you.

Thank me?

For what?

I picked you.

I found out that you were on that boat.

And I knew you were perfect

for me.

When you first got here, I told

that guy to pull you out of the line.

I paid him.

I fixed it so your uncle left

and you didn't have anybody.

And yeah, I fell in love with you, Ewa.

And it couldn't stop me from

using you like I did all the others.

And you hate me. I don't blame

for hating you me.

Until now I never killed

nobody before.

But it don't make a difference.

Because if you could lick my heart

you'd taste nothing but poison.

See, you think there is goodness

in everybody.

But there isn't.

So you go.

And you forget about me.

And you forget about this place.

And you forget about

those things that I made you do!

Because I took everything

from you!

And I gave nothing!

Nothing.

Because I'm nothing.

Go.

You are not nothing.

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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