I believe women will like this movie more than men.
This professionally produced movie is about a Polish girl (and her ill sister) who immigrate to the United States after the pain and horror of WWI.
Both their mother and father were killed in the war and they have been sponsored by an aunt and uncle who live in the United States.
Their path to a normal life is thwarted by corrupt officials at Ellis Island and one of the girls is forced into the unsavory business of prostitution by an "operator" who runs a theater and is working (and bribing) Ellis Island officials.
In this movie we get the to see the difficulty of coming to a new country and some of the uglier side of New York in the 1920's.
Good screenplay and excellent acting and cinematography.
Additional Promotional Material:
In James Gray's THE IMMIGRANT, Ewa Cybulski (Marion Cotillard) and her sister sail to New York from their native Poland in search of a new start and the American dream. When they reach Ellis Island, doctors discover that Magda (Angela Sarafyan) is ill, and the two women are separated. Ewa is released onto the mean streets of Manhattan while her sister is quarantined. Alone, with nowhere to turn and desperate to reunite with Magda, Ewa quickly falls prey to Bruno (Joaquin Phoenix), a charming but wicked man who takes her in and forces her into prostitution. The arrival of Orlando (Jeremy Renner) - a dashing stage magician who is also Bruno's cousin - restores her self-belief and hopes for a brighter future, becoming her only chance to escape the nightmare in which she finds herself.
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