CITY ISLAND

Year: 2009
USA: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Cast: Andy Garcia, Emily Mortimer, Steven Strait, Alan Arkin, Julianna Margulies, Dominik Garcia-Lorido, Ezra Miller, Curtiss Cook, Sharon Angela, Paul Diomede, Marshall Efron, John Farrer, Hope Glendon-Ross, Kelvin Hale, Jennifer Larkin, Lora Chio, George Aloi, Jee Young Han, Steven J Klaszky, Yevgeniy Dekhtyar, Brad Naprixas, Benjamin Mathes, Adam Larrabee, Rocco Parente, Carrie Baker Reynolds, Nicole Wilson
Director: Raymond De Felitta
Country: USA
USA: 100 mins
UK: 103 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for sexual content, smoking and language
UK Certificate: 12 A contains moderate sex references and language
USA Release Date: 19 March 2010 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 23 July 2010 (Limited Release)


Synopsis

Surprising revelation of past secrets and current lies upend a family's cosy life in a scenic fishing town, CIty Island on the outskirts of New York City.

Vince Rizzo (Andy Garcia) has always longed to be an actor but this lifelong resident works as a corrections officer. But he keeps this passion well hidden from his feisty wife, Joyce (Julia Margulies), who is increasingly concerned that his weekly poker games are a cover for an extramarital affair, when in fact, Vince is secretly attending acting classes.

When his drama coach, Michael Malakov (Alan Arkin), asks his clas to reveal their biggest secrets one day, Vince inadvertently sets of a chaotic chain of events when he reveals his.

Suddenly not only his life but that of his family as well, is turned upside down as it soon becomes clear that he's was not the only one that had something to hide. As everyone's white lies begin to surface, their humdrum family life is sent into chaos. In the comedy CITY ISLAND everyone ultimately discovers that while the truth may not release them it is easier to keep track off than all the well-intentioned white lies.