Kill the Poor (2003)
Overview
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
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.296 |
Directed By
Alan Taylor
Crew
Alan Taylor
Joel Rose
Daniel Handler
Alexis Alexanian
John Malkovich
Gary Winick
Ruth Charny
Jonathan Shoemaker
Anna Domino
Harlan Bosmajian
Malcolm Jamieson
Lianne Halfon
Marie Abma
Shannon Robert Bowen
Jen Rudin
Russell Smith
Rick Butler
Michel Delory
Peter Epstein
TOP CAST
Clara Bellar
Annabelle Peltz
Heather Burns
Scarlet
Jon Budinoff
Segundo Dejesus
Paul Calderon
Carlos DeJesus
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Spike
Cliff Gorman
Yakov
David Krumholtz
Joe Peltz
Chuck Low
Bruno
Maryfrances Careccia
Rose
Chris Hutchison
Joel
Julianna DeDonno
Constance, Toddler
Annie Crean
Constance, Six Months
Victor Pagan
Attila
Otto Sanchez
Negrito
Jamie Tirelli
Beneficio
Ginger Taylor
Constance, Newborn
Angel Santiago
Friend of Segundo
Millie Tirelli
Beneficia
Fisher Stevens
Stuffed Shirt
Zak Orth
Butch
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