Set in the 1980's, a 12-year-old Israeli immigrant battling homesickness and loneliness, is welcomed to America by a Vietnamese refugee her age.
Based on the filmmaker's true story.
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"In developing her critically acclaimed short film 'A Summer Rain' into a feature length drama, Thier establishes herself as a powerful new voice in independent American cinema."
Susan Starkman, Toronto Jewish Film Festival
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“A refreshing change from the empty thunder of most of the season’s other offerings.”
- George Robinson, The Jewish Week
“Director Ela Thier vividly captures what it’s like to be an innocent young child… A truly heartfelt and absolutely delightful film, rich with both comic and dramatic episodes, that I would recommend to anyone!”
- Christina Zawadizsky, BookRoom Review
“Funny and sweet! Foreign Letters is a surprisingly simple story of friendship that really captures the way people from different backgrounds can grow so vital to one another... Small, real, and touching in unexpected ways... this little story melted my usually cold dead heart.”
- Kyle Harris, Amazon Top Reviewer
“There's an overall sense of grass roots intimacy [with] beauty at the core.”
- Robert Bell, Exclaim CA
“absolutely spot on— an inspiring film! powerful [and] delightful!”
- David Crumm, Read the Spirit
“Sensitive… Noa Rotstein is marvelously low key.”
- Chris Ball, The Plain Dealer
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A FEATURE FILM BY ELA THIER
STARRING
NOA ROTSTEIN & DALENA LE