The City
by David Riker
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Actor: Anthony Rivera, Joseph Rigano, Miguel Maldonado, Mois?s Garc?a, Ricardo CuevasDirector: David Riker
Producer: David Riker
Writer: David Riker
Producer: Andrew Hurwitz
Producer: Doug Mankoff
Producer: Paul S. Mezey
Producer: Per Melita
Producer: Robin Alper
Audio: English (Original Language); Korean (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Zeitgeist Films
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Summary: 5 Stars
Four short films that tell the story of new Latin American immigrants struggling to "make it" in New York City. The first story is about day laborers begging for work on street and eventually finding it - and learning that they were tricked in the deal. The second is about a young man coming from Mexico, wondering why he left everything he had behind, and eventually falling in love with a girl from his same home town. The third is a seamstress working in a sweatshop desperate to send money home to care for her sick daughter. And finally, the last is a homeless puppeteer who lives with his young daughter who tries to get his daughter into school without any papers.
The actors were not professionals but were perfectly casted - real and authentic. The black and white cinematography and imagery was spellbinding - capturing the facial expressions, the anxieties, the emotions, the heartbreak, the sweat on the brow, and all of the frustrations.
This film is solemn and somber throughout but tugged at everything human in me.
Summary of The City
"THE CITY (LA CIUDAD), the feature film debut of writer/director David Riker, is a moving tribute to the struggles and hopes of a group of new Latin American immigrants facing the harsh realities of urban America. Reminiscent of THE GRAPES OF WRATH and THE BICYCLE THIEF in its realistic and gritty portrayal, THE CITY delves deep inside this community of newcomers, creating a powerful and incisive drama about the life which they now face in a new and unfamiliar world. A group of men hired to work in an abandoned lot are left stranded in the face of tragedy; A young man arriving from Mexico falls in love with a girl from his home village, only to lose her in the intimidating urban wilderness; A puppeteer living homeless with his daughter dreams that she'll one day learn to read, but is unable to make his simple dream a reality; and a seamstress, desperate to send money home to help her sick daughter, is trapped working in a sweatshop, eventually rebelling against her employers. A strikingly authentic drama, THE CITY takes us on an eye-opening and heartfelt journey through a world of frustration, hope and sheer will of spirit, and in the process leaves us with an enlightened view of a determined group of struggling contemporary Americans."
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