«The Immigrant» Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard and Jeremy Renner as directed by Playlist favorite James Gray («We Own The Night,» «Two
Lovers «-RRB-, period drama «The Immigrant» screamed Oscar - contender from the outset, but it's actually quite a different animal
with divergent concerns, as Harvey Weinstein found out (he pretty much dumped the movie, despite rave reviews, one of the
biggest shames of 2014 so far), really more of a slow - burning emotional drama exploring the
ideas of forgiveness and redemption via terrible characters that are nearly beyond salvation.
Even
with some of the
big shelters saying it was a bad
idea — Nanci gathered around her a group of animal
lovers that thought these animals deserved a second chance.