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    Hester Street

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    1975     Romantic drama    
    USA
    1h 30min
    Original language: English, Yiddish

    Dealing with themes of assimilation, this film, set in the early 1900s, focuses on the experiences of an immigrant family in New York City. Gitl (Carol Kane) has just arrived in America from Russia with her son. She has come to meet her husband, Jake (Steven Keats), who has been in the States for some time and is comfortably settled. While Gitl struggles to find her place in this country, she clashes with Jake, who has fully embraced their new homeland.

    Directed byJoan Micklin Silver
    Written byJoan Micklin Silver, Abraham Cahan
    CompanyMidwest FilmsMidwest FilmsMidwest Films

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    Starring

    Carol Kane
    Steven Keats
    Doris Roberts
    Lin Shaye
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