Green Card Page #2

Synopsis: George Faure is a Frenchman who has been offered a job in the U.S. But in order to get the job he must obtain a work permit - green card, and the easiest way is to marry an American. Bronte Parrish is a New Yorker who is a keen horticulturist and just found the perfect flat with its own greenhouse. Unfortunately the flat is for married couples only. A marriage of convenience seems the ideal solution to both problems. To convince the immigration officers they are married for love, they must move in with each other. As the mismatched couple attempt to cope with life together, they start to fall in love.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Peter Weir
Production: Touchstone Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
PG-13
Year:
1990
103 min
500 Views


And, uh...

for mademoiselle?

Or is it madame?

It's, uh, just here on the right.

Just right here.

- Let me come up?

- Mmm, no.

What is it? A girls' dorm?

I've never even seen your apartment.

What's with all the secrecy?

- What secrecy?

- Well, most girls I've known...

- have tried to crowd me, except you.

- Mm.

I could do with

a little crowding from you.

You coming or what?

- Okay.

- Okay.

Evening, Mrs Faur.

- Hello, Oscar.

- There's some mail here...

mostly addressed to Miss Parrish.

I guess some folks

don't know you're married.

- I still go by the name Parrish.

- Women's lib, huh?

- Yes, I guess so.

- Nothing from Africa.

- Oh.

- I already checked.

- I guess he's still on safari, huh?

- Something like that.

- Good night, Mrs Faur.

- Good night, Oscar.

- Hello?

- Mrs Faur?

- Yes?

- My name is Gorsky.

I'm with the investigations

department of the I.N.S.

- The what?

- Immigration.

My partner and I

are down in the lobby.

We wondered if we might have a word

with you, uh, and, uh, your husband.

Oh.

- What is it you want to know?

- I just want to speak

with Georges Faur.

- He doesn't work here any more.

- What?

He was rude to a customer.

We don't stand for that.

- Excuse me.

- No, please. I must find him.

- Do you know where he lives?

- Georges Faur is trouble.

You would do best to avoid him.

Now, if you'll excuse me, young lady.

I have customers waiting.

You're a friend of Georges?

Yo. Yo! Where are you going?

- I'm to see Mrs Faur.

- Oh?

- And who are you?

- Mr Faur.

- Mr Faur?

- Yes.

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I've never seen you before.

- Welcome back. How was Africa?

- Africa?

- Yeah. You got any bags?

- No, no. No, just me. Just me.

You know, when I first seen you,

I thought to myself...

"This guy just stepped

out of the jungle."

And I was right!

Oh, it's great to see you back.

I hate to see a young couple

like yourselves, you know,

separated like you've been.

- It's bad for the marriage.

Call me old-fashioned if you want.

- No, no, no, no, no, no.

Oh, but that's what's wrong

with this country, you know?

- The family is going down the toilet.

- The toilet? What...

- The toilet. Yeah. Fifteen years

I'm married to the same woman.

- What, uh...

- See? See my kids there? Huh?

- Oh, yes. Yeah.

I call her twice a day.

I don't go for that women's lib stuff.

- No, sir. Couples living in sin,

that sort of thing.

- Oh, no.

- Oh, that's no good, no good at all.

- Oh, it's terrible, yeah.

So...

Well, come in.

Right. Now, these people

are due here any minute, so, um...

Look, I think we'd better talk

about the situation, don't you?

You got my note? Of course you did,

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Peter Weir

Peter Lindsay Weir, AM ( WEER; born 21 August 1944) is an Australian film director. He was a leading figure in the Australian New Wave cinema movement (1970–1990), with films such as the mystery drama Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), the supernatural thriller The Last Wave (1977) and the historical drama Gallipoli (1981). The climax of Weir's early career was the $6 million multi-national production The Year of Living Dangerously (1983). After the success of The Year of Living Dangerously, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films covering most genres—many of them major box office hits—including Academy Award-nominated films such as the thriller Witness (1985), the drama Dead Poets Society (1989), the romantic comedy Green Card (1990), the social science fiction comedy-drama The Truman Show (1998) and the epic historical drama Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003). For his work on these five films, Weir personally accrued six Academy Award nominations as either a director, writer or producer. Since 2003, Weir's productivity has sharply declined, having directed only one subsequent feature, the critically successful but financial flop The Way Back (2010). more…

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