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Green Card (1990)

Green Card poster
Directed by
Peter Weir
Genre
romantic comedy film
Country
Australia, France, United States
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 539 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American woman agrees to marry a French man so he can stay in the country. They pretend to be a couple while dealing with immigration authorities and slowly get to know each other.

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What happens

Green Card is a 1990 American romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Peter Weir and starring Gérard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell. The screenplay focuses on an American woman who enters into a marriage of convenience with a Frenchman so he can obtain a green card and remain in the United States. Depardieu won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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