Foreign letters

DVD 2012

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.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Female friendship Drama

Friendship Drama

Immigrant children Drama

More in this Genre:

Coming-of-age films Drama Feature films Fiction films Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Part of a Series:

Film Movement series Film movement series

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ISBN:

9781470321338
1470321335

Edition:

Widescreen

Description:

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
mixed
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: Not rated

Other Title:

Summer rain [DVD]

Notes:

Bonuses: A summer rain (U.S.; 17 min.) / directed by Ela Thier; Now and then, Ela Thier and Van Khang discuss their friendship that inspired the film; deleted scenes; Ela Thier bio; trailer
Director of photography, Milton Kam ; editors, Ben Insler, Ela Thier ; featuring music by Chava Alberstein ; original score by Rob Schwimmer
Dalena Thùy-Anh Lê, Noa Rotstein
DVD; NTSC, region 1; 5.1 surround or 2.0 stereo. sound; widescreen
English, Hebrew and Vietnamese dialogue with English subtitles; closed-captioned in English

Control Number:

889256

UPC:

616892184461

Other Authors:

B & H Photo-Video-Pro Audio (Firm)
Braude, Inna, producer
Film Movement (Firm)
Kantor, Brant, producer
Lê, Dalena Thùy-Anh, actor
NBTV Studios
Rotstein, Noa, 1997- actor
Thier Productions
Thier, Ela, producer, screenwriter, director

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