Directed by James Gray • 2013 • United States
Starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner

Drawing on golden-age melodrama and the classic coming-to-America story, James Gray offers a breathtaking, beautifully burnished vision of the immigrant experience in 1920s New York. Marion Cotillard delivers a virtuoso performance as Ewa, a Polish immigrant who arrives in America in 1921 only to be separated from her sister at Ellis Island. Falling under the influence of a shady burlesque impresario (Joaquin Phoenix), Ewa must rely on her inner strength—and, perhaps, on the love of a charming magician (Jeremy Renner)—to endure.