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The Immigrant Garden (2001)
Wonderful Family Film
A truly wonderful, simple film about a time past. Excellent for the whole family. I enjoy period pieces and being born and raised in rural Washington, this movie was of particular interest. The lack of typical movie contrivances (violence, sex, foul language) is refreshing. The setting for the movie, Oakville WA, is about 15 minutes from my summer cabin in Elma WA so am familiar with the countryside portrayed. The actual town of Oakville (the movie was actually filmed near Centralia, about 15 minutes away) still has the charm portrayed in the film. Certainly it makes us wish for a simpler time...
I would highly recommend this movie to anyone. Surprisingly complex characters for such a simple film. The use of local, unknown actors, for the most part, has been used in other films but works particularly well here. You feel as though you are watching conversations between actual people vice a scripted/staged situation.
We loved this movie and recommend it to everyone we meet. Would love to see it come to the big screen.