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Hester Street

Hester Street

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Summary

In 1896, a Russian Jewish woman immigrates to New York City's Lower East Side to reunite with her Americanized husband, but she has difficulty assimilating.

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Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Tony Sloman

This marvellously evocative study of Jewish immigrant life in turn-of-the-century New York, mainly told in delightfully subtitled Yiddish, features an outstanding lead performance from the Oscar-nominated Carol Kane. She plays Gitl, the wife of Steven Keats, summoned from the old country after he has been in America for a dangerous few years. Unsurprisingly she finds him a changed man, so she sets out to make her own way in the New World. Electing to film in black-and-white, director Joan Micklin Silver (Head over Heels, Between the Lines) creates a world previously only seen in old photos and such Hollywood forays as Funny Girl and Rhapsody in Blue. Her film feels so real you can smell the herrings.

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7.0/10

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Cast

rolenameJakeSteven KeatsGitlCarol KaneBernsteinMel HowardMamieDorrie KavanaughKavarskyDoris RobertsPeltnerStephen StrimpellFannyLauren FrostJoeyPaul Freedman

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Crew

rolenameDirectorJoan Micklin Silver

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Theatrical distributor

Connoisseur Film Ltd

Languages

English | Yiddish

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Black and white

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