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The City

1999 · 88 min

A stark, grainy black-and-white plunge into hardship, quietly devastating and humane, watching ordinary people worn down by a city that offers them almost nothing.

Directed by: David Riker
Genres: Drama
Starring: Anthony Rivera, Joseph Rigano, Miguel Maldonado

Overview: The stories of four Hispanic immigrants living in New York City.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Immigration, survival, class, isolation
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Directed by: David Riker
Genres: Drama
Starring: Anthony Rivera, Joseph Rigano, Miguel Maldonado

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: immigration
survival
class
isolation
family
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none