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6.3
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Critic Mat Snow
rated 8

Tailor-made for Depardieu (and Depardieu only) by the excellent Australian writer/director Peter Weir, Green Card provides the perfect bridgehead for the Gallic grandee to make his mark in the English-speaking movie marketplace.

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Cast & Crew

Peter Weir
Director
Peter Weir
Writer
Gérard Depardieu
As Georges Faure
Andie MacDowell
As Brontë Mitchell Faure
Lois Smith
As Brontë's Mother
Ronald Guttman
As Anton
Ann Dowd
As Peggy
Ethan Phillips
As Mr. Gorsky

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Green Card is a romantic comedy-drama film about two strangers, Brontë Parrish and Georges Fauré, who enter into a Green Card marriage for mutual benefits. Brontë, an environmentalist and horticulturalist, wants to rent a perfect apartment with a greenhouse, which is only available to married couples, while Georges, an undocumented immigrant from France, needs to stay in the United States. They agree to a marriage of convenience, but their relationship becomes complicated when they are investigated by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. To avoid suspicion, they start living together and pretending to be a happily married couple. As they spend more time together, they start to develop feelings for each other, but their differences and quirks also create tension in their relationship. The film explores the themes of love, identity, and the complexities of human relationships.

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What movies are similar to Green Card? Toggle content

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Green Card include Forrest Gump, When Harry Met Sally..., Threesome, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Mad Dog and Glory, The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love.

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Green Card was released in theaters on December 23, 1990.