It's a nice 'looking' film but what story is their is not very believable. I understand the film was made in Canada and it does have a pious, holier-than-thou Canadian feel about it, as in like if you're an immigrant, don't waste your time trying to get into the U.S. because they'll just abuse you. But HEY, just come to Canada where everything is free, free, free! Of course the summers are only 3 months long and you'll pay 95% in taxes and you'll never be wealthy but if you're lucky, maybe you can get a job making movies about what an awful place America is. Whatever.
Lemonade
2018
Action / Drama
Lemonade
2018
Action / Drama
89% - Critics
73% - Audience
6.7Keywords: woman directormarriagemother son relationshipabuse of powergreen card
Plot summary
Mara, a young Romanian woman, has just moved to the US with Dragos, her 9-year-old son, marrying Daniel, an American she has met only a few months ago. The film follows her through a series of revealing encounters during one day, from her problems of babysitting, her unplanned and uncomfortable meeting with a U.S. immigration official, to dealing with the police about her son she had to leave in a motel room and the bank issue for a loan with her husband.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
Director
Tech specs
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB 808.93 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
Movie Reviews
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don't waste your time
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It is how it goes
It is a simple story what usually happens with those who are going to USA, without green card, without any connection, without enough money and the picture what all of them are ready to do just to stay there.
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Lemonade - a reasonable way to look towards immigration
I've watched this great movie at "Les filmes de Cannes a Bucharest", the Romanian Cannes retrospective and I have to say, I am pleased to see that a subject like immigration in an era where this illness is spreading very quickly, is so sincere discussed on a screen. And when I say sincerely... there are lots of things to pay attention to, lines, characters or image.
We watch the story of Mara, a Romanian immigrant who is trying to offer to her child the best life possible, in America.
Only that there is a lot more to this image of America that America itself struggled to make us believe into. And the adventure of Mara becomes very quick since here arriving in America, a lot more dramatic than it was and could possibly have been... in her birth country.
This is a solid script that has some comic inside built also strong dramatic plots. The acting is high and that helps a lot the audience to believe that this can happen in real life as well.
The cinematography tho is so well crafted that you forget you are watching the work of a man who was handling the camera and keeps you there for the entire experience.
This is Ioana Uricaru's future movie debut and I for one looking forward for more great and sincere storytelling coming from a great cinematic mind.