Come See the Paradise

Come See the Paradise

1990 · Movie · 2h 13m · R

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"In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America."

Overview

In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.

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6.7/10
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64%
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new york cityworld war iiforbidden loveloveinterracial marriage1940s