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(1990)THE HISTORY As the title suggests, the movie takes an anecdotal look at green-card marriages. French avant-garde composer Georges (Gérard Depardieu) enters a sham union with New York City botanist Brontë (Andie MacDowell) in order to avoid deportation. Only when they invent a fake romantic history to fool the INS do the two realize they've fallen in love for real.
THE STRUGGLE In Australian writer-director Peter Weir's movie, immigration rules are depicted as arbitrary and burdensome obstacles that keep lovers apart and talented foreigners from becoming assets to America — though after you hear Georges at the piano, you may be rooting for deportation.
WHY YOU'LL WATCH IT The couple's enforced courtship is actually rather sweet, and you can read their foibles (she's a health nut; he likes butter and tobacco) as emblems of their national character.
