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City Island is a american film of genre Drama directed by Raymond De Felitta released in USA on 6 march 2009 with Andy García
City Island (2009)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 6 march 2009
Length 1h40
Directed by Raymond De Felitta
OriginUSA
Themes Films about families
Rating72%
City Island is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed and written by Raymond De Felitta and starring Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies and Alan Arkin. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on April 26, 2009. The title refers to the Bronx's City Island, where the film is set.
Synopsis
Living on City Island, in the Bronx, Vince Rizzo (Andy Garcia), a prison guard, is the father of a dysfunctional family whose members all have secrets. Vince discovers that his secret illegitimate son is now the 24-year-old prison inmate Tony Nardella (Steven Strait) who is being held in the same prison where he works. Without revealing this truth to his family, Vince consequently gets Tony out of prison and employs him as hired help at his own home in order to become closer with his unknowing son. Vince has also been secretly taking acting lessons, taught by Michael Malakov (Alan Arkin), and begins to form a platonic bond with Molly (Emily Mortimer), an aspiring actress.Actors
Andy García
(Vince Rizzo)
Julianna Margulies
(Joyce Rizzo)
Steven Strait
(Tony)
Emily Mortimer
(Molly Charlesworth)
Sharon Angela
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