Foreign Letters

At a time when email did not yet exist in the 1980s, a young Jewish girl recently arrived in America from Israel must suffer the pangs of waiting for "snail-mail" from her closest friend back home to reach her. The child's homesickness is healed somewhat by her new friendship with a Vietnamese girl─until a hurtful incident revives all of her insecurities. Touching dramedy stars Noa Rotstein, Dalena Le. 100 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English, Hebrew, and Vietnamese; Subtitles: English; bonus short "A Summer Rain" (2009). In English, Hebrew, and Vietnamese with English subtitles.