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Come See the Paradise

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

Director
Alan Parker
Year
1990
Runtime
2h 13m
Rated
R
Release
1990
Language
en
Country
US

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01 · Overview

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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.

  • #forbidden love
  • #1940s
  • #love
  • #interracial marriage
  • #new york city
  • #world war ii

  • Directed by

    Alan Parker

  • Written by

    Alan Parker

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