There are a couple of really quite poignant performances here from "Jake" (Steven Keats...
Hester Street
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.
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Hester Street
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Status
Released
Release Date
Oct 19, 1975
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama, Romance
User Score
62%
Original Title
Hester Street
Production Companies
Midwest Films
Director
Joan Micklin Silver
Description
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.