CinemaOSMovie · 2003 · 1h 25m · NR

Kill the Poor

53%(6)IMDbDrama

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

Directed byAlan Taylor

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 25m
Language
EN
Released
May 9, 2003
Studios
IFC Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Clara Bellar

Clara Bellar

Annabelle Peltz

Heather Burns

Heather Burns

Scarlet

Jon Budinoff

Jon Budinoff

Segundo Dejesus

Paul Calderon

Paul Calderon

Carlos DeJesus

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Spike

Cliff Gorman

Cliff Gorman

Yakov

David Krumholtz

David Krumholtz

Joe Peltz

Chuck Low

Chuck Low

Bruno

Maryfrances Careccia

Maryfrances Careccia

Rose

Chris Hutchison

Joel

Creative team
Directed by
Alan Taylor
Alan Taylor
Written by
Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler
Produced by
Ruth Charny
Alexis Alexanian

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