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Hester Street

Goodbye O Lord, I'm Going To America!

Released PG 90 min 7/10 Votes: 2004

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.

Type:

Movie

Socials:

Genre:

Drama, Romance

Release:

1975-10-19

Year:

2024

Country:

United States of America

Language:

English

Companies:

Midwest Films

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