City Film voted Audience Favorite at 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on May 4, 2009 under Awards, Film Festival, drama | 
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- Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Dominik Garcia as The Rizzo Family in “City Island”
“City Island” was voted by the festival goers as the winner of The Heineken Audience Award at the eighth annual Tribeca Film Festival.
- Andy Garcia, Emily Mortimer in “City Island”
City Island, which made its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, is directed and written by Raymond De Felitta. The film tells the story of the Rizzo family, who lives on a little-known island in the Bronx that is as quaint and sleepy as any New England town. But the Rizzos are not as picturesque as the island they inhabit, and like most families, they all stop at nothing to avoid the truth. Vince (Andy Garcia) is the worst offender. He is a prison guard who is secretly taking acting lessons and plotting a new career. His daughter is moonlighting as a stripper, while young Vinnie Jr. has a hidden fetish involving a 300-pound neighbor. Vince’s wife Joyce (Julianna Margulies) is the family’s rock-usually-but lately she can’t get her mind off of the mysterious hired help, whose identity only Vinnie knows. The film draws refreshing comedic performances from Garcia and Margulies, and memorable turns from Emily Mortimer and Alan Arkin as, respectively, a fellow student and the teacher in Vince’s acting class.
- “City Island” Director: Raymond De Felitta
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