Patrick Flynn

A young Russian boy, Thomas Minton, travels to New York as a passenger on a Russian freighter. Close to Ellis Island he gets off and thus starts his journey to America the same way as all immigrants in former times. Thomas is searching for the family of one of his ancestors, who had emigrated decades ago, but once sent a letter home together with a sample of his new profession: 3D-Photography.

サム・クリチンスキーがアメリカの地を踏んだのは、1914年の独立記念日のことだった……。東欧移民の家族の生活をノスタルジックに描き出した、バリー・レヴィンソン監督の感動ドラマ。