Immigrant (2013)
88 min
"Immigrant" is the coming of age story of Daanyik, a nine year-old Russian boy, whose family immigrates to the United States in the late nineteen-seventies to pursue the American Dream. Daanyik's childhood of pencil drawings and toy soldier battles in Moscow is interrupted overnight as he is hurled into the harsh reality of adulthood in New York City. Upon losing his father Deema, Daanyik and his mother, Meela, are left poor, alone and helpless in a foreign land. Out of desperation for survival, Meela begins a relationship with Tolik, an abusive man that may have had a hand in Deema's death. Daanyik finds himself trapped in a precarious web of torment brought on by his new stepfather, a lecherous Rabbi and a neighborhood bully. Drawing becomes his only source of comfort and catharsis. As his battles grow fiercer, Daanyik, at the tender age of nine, is left to overcome insurmountable odds to save himself and his mother from complete destruction.
- Release date
- November 1, 2013
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Harry Hamlin as Deema
- Paul Sorvino as Yeshiva Principal
- Andrew Divoff as Tolik
- Michael Lerner as Rabbi Malenkovich
- Angela Gots as Meela
- Frederick Lawrence as Maxim
- Patrick Cage as Rafael
- Jake Elliott as Roma
- Rachael Kathryn Bell as Nicole
- Allen Alvarado as Junior
Crew
- Barry Shurchin · Director
- Barry Shurchin · Writer
- Matthew Helderman · Producer
- Barry Shurchin · Producer
- Luke Taylor · Producer
- Paul Cantelon · Composer
- Akis Konstantakopoulos · Cinematographer
- Luis Carballar · Editor
- Kara Sullivan · Casting director
- Wade Morrison · Production designer