Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Foreign letters [videorecording] / Thier Productions, B&H Photo, NBTV Studios present ; producers, Ela Thier, Inna Braude, Brant Kantor ; written & directed by Ela Thier.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, c2012.

Description:

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Ellie, a 12-year-old immigrant girl from Israel, is lonely and homesick. Life brightens when she meets Thuy, a Vietnamese refugee her age. Trust slowly builds as the two teach each other about life in America. As Ellie and Thuy become inseparable, they eventually hurt and betray each other. Ellie must give up her most prized possession, in order to save their friendship.

A summer rain: An 11-year-old immigrant girl from Israel misses her best friend. A Vietnamese refugee next door shares in her experience. This acclaimed short film was the basis for "Foreign letters".

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Series:

Film movement series.

Film Movement series.

Subjects:

Immigrant children -- Drama.

Friendship -- Drama.

Female friendship -- Drama.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.