Kill the Poor
When a marriage of convenience becomes the real thing, Joe moves his pregnant French wife to a tenement building on New York's Lower East Side. The street is like a war zone with none of the nostalgic appeal that Joe remembers from tales of his immigrant grandparents arriving in the same neighborhood with a new life. This is the urban frontier filled with comic mixture of gentrifies, homeboys, dealers and local residents simply bent on staying a float
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Clara Bellar
Annabelle Peltz
Known for
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
Rendezvous in Paris
Heather Burns
Scarlet
Known for
You've Got Mail
Bored to Death
Jon Budinoff
Segundo Dejesus
Known for
Transamerica
Paul Calderon
Carlos DeJesus
Known for
Bosch
Ironheart
Jaime Tirelli
Beneficio
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Spike
Known for
The Wire
The Walking Dead
Cliff Gorman
Yakov
Known for
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
All That Jazz
David Krumholtz
Joe Peltz
Known for
10 Things I Hate About You
The Deuce
Chuck Low
Bruno
Known for
GoodFellas
The Mission
Maryfrances Careccia
Rose
Also in
Last Exit
In Memory of Me
Chris Hutchison
Joel
Also in
1984
Precious Victims
Julianna DeDonno
Constance, Toddler
No other roles listed
Alan Taylor Director · Daniel Handler Writer Joel Rose Author
United States release May 9, 2003 · Produced in United States
Production
IFC Productions
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 9, 2003
Theatrical
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