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Come See the Paradise
"In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America."
1990 • 2h 13m • ★ 6.2 (58 votes) Released
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.
Director
Alan Parker
Writer
Alan Parker
Rating
6.2
Runtime
133 min
Production
20th Century FoxTop Billed Cast
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Keywords
new york cityworld war iiforbidden loveloveinterracial marriage1940s
