Foreign Letters
A story of friendships without borders
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- Drama
- Comedy
Overview
A bittersweet coming-of-age film, Foreign Letters is itself a love letter to the unshakeable bond between friends. Set in the pre-email era of the 1980s, young Ellie, newly arrived to the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best friend back home. Suffering from homesickness, language difficulties and rejection at school, life brightens when she meets Thuy, a Vietnamese refugee her age. As the two bond and become inseparable, they eventually hurt each other, and Ellie must find a way to restore their trust. Based on director Ela Thier's personal immigration experience, Foreign Letters is a film about poverty, prejudice, shame, and the healing power of friendship.
Keywords
- woman director
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 22, 2012
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Hebrew, Vietnamese
- Countries
- Israel, United States of America
- Production
- NBTV Studios,Thier Productions
- Cast
- Uri Thier,Laura Camien,Dalena Le,Noa Rotstein,Udi Razzin,Ela Thier,Virginia Hastings,Daphna Thier
- Director
- Ela Thier
- Writer
- Ela Thier
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt1492841