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The City is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 22 october 1999 with Joseph Rigano

The City (1999)

The City
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Released in USA 22 october 1999
Length 1h28
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating72% 3.6252953.6252953.6252953.6252953.625295

The City (Spanish: La ciudad) is a 1998 American neo-realist film written and directed by David Riker, his first feature film, and shot in gritty black-and-white film stock. The drama features actor Joseph Rigano and, in neo-realist fashion, an ensemble cast of non-professional actors. The film is also known as: The City (La Ciudad).

The drama consists of four vignettes that plunges you onto New York City's poorer neighborhoods where Latin American immigrants, many of whom barely speak English, live at the mercy of exploitative employers and inflexible institutions. Many of the characters are in the United States illegally to make money in order to send back home to their poor families.

The picture won numerous awards including the Organisation Catholique Internationale du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel (OCIC Award) at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.

Synopsis

Among intermittent scenes of Latin Americans having their photo taken by a photographer, the four stories in the picture include:

Actors

Joseph Rigano

(The Contractor)
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