Green Card (1990)
Directed by Peter Weir
Genres - Comedy, Romance, Drama |
Sub-Genres - Romantic Comedy |
Release Date - Dec 23, 1990 (USA) |
Run Time - 108 min. |
Countries - Australia, France, United States |
MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Green Card fuses the template of a light romantic comedy with a classic fish-out-of-water scenario. In order to retain her beautiful rent-controlled Manhattan apartment, a beautiful, socially-conscious American woman (Andie MacDowell) has to be married, so she decides to marry a burly French composer (Gerard Depardieu), who is eager to earn a green card so he can stay and work in America. After the marriage, the couple doesn't live together, but when the government's Immigration agents begin to investigate the pair, they are forced to put up a charade to convince the authorities that they are truly in love. Of course, the charade eventually becomes reality.
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Keywords
green-card, marriage-of-convenience, composer, immigration-official, odd-couple, con/scam, immigrant, apartment
Attributes
High Production Values