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Green Card
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Green Card is a 1990 romantic comedy film directed by Peter Weir, starring Andie MacDowell and Gérard Depardieu.Georges (Depardieu) is a Frenchman hoping to get a Permanent Resident Card—in common parlance, a "green card"—allowing him to live in the United States. Brontë (MacDowell), is a brash American woman hoping to get an apartment, but the co-op board of the apartment building is accepting only married couples, not singles. They band together for mutual convenience and make a show marriage. The two dislike each other immediately, but with the Immigration authorities closing in, they must pull together to make their marriage act seem believable. As is typical of Romantic Comedies, the two overcome their differences and begin to fall in love, leading to an atypical ending for the format...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Bebe Neuwirth plays Brontë's best friend Lauren, who is attracted to Georges. | |
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Hollywood Law:Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); }) | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: Atypical for the format and is semi famous for it. Georges' green card application is rejected. With his deportation to France imminent, George says that he'll write her every day, with the same question: | |
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Book Ends: The film begins and ends in the same African-themed diner. Georges and Brontë rendezvous there at the beginning before getting married, and part there at the end. | |
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Citizenship Marriage: The whole plot, and Georges' motivation for the scheme—marrying Brontë will allow him to get a green card and avoid deportation. | |
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Immigration is not going to come to your house to scope you out, nor will they interview your neighbors, nor will they expect you to know minutiae like your partner's choice of face cream. In fact, for Rule of Drama, the movie in general greatly overestimates the difficulty of obtaining a green card in this situation.note What actually happens? You make an application and get an appointment. You go to the immigration office for an interview where the official checks your ID papers and your wedding license. You provide a little proof that you're really married and living together, like bills, or pictures (Brontë and Georges fake the pictures), or testimonials from people who know you. Then you get your green card, unless there's a specific reason not to issue it, like a criminal conviction. | |
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At the same time, however, the movie omits an easy check that INS absolutely would do. Georges and Bronte come up with a cockamamie story, explaining away Georges' extended absence by him being on safari in Africa. The problem is that this cover story would be exploded by simply checking Georges' passport, which a Real Life INS officer absolutely would do at the interview. Georges' passport obviously would not have any entry or exit stamps to anywhere in Africa. | |
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Gray Rain of Depression: Brontë sits in her kitchen and watches the rain pour, as she thinks she and Georges have parted ways (she does not know he is being deported). | |
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Films of 1990–1994 / int_dc88f279 | |
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Romantic Fake–Real Turn / int_dc88f279 | |
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Single-Issue Landlord / int_dc88f279 |
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