Kill the Poor (2003)
- 5.1
- 84 mins
- Drama
Storyline
When a marriage of convenience becomes the real thing, Joe moves his pregnant French wife to a tenement building on New York's Lower East Side. The street is like a war zone with none of the nostalgic appeal that Joe remembers from tales of his immigrant grandparents arriving in the same neighborhood with a new life. This is the urban frontier filled with comic mixture of gentrifies, homeboys, dealers and local residents simply bent on staying a float.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords
marriage, fire, homosexual, junkie, new york city, nonlinear timeline, pregnancy, slum, falling from height, family relationships, three word title, based on novel
Short Review
In spite of its oddities, [Kill the Poor] pulls off a memorable story.
Trailer
Streaming Service
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