'...Engaging performances led by a buoyant Garcia' - Jan Stuart, Screen International

'Another expertly written joyride from indie director de Felitta, City Island could go mainstream' - Ronnie Scheib, Variety

'Garcia, all stifled ambition and sincerity, supplies his best work in years' - Movieline.com

Cast: Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Emily Mortimer, Alan Arkin, Steven Strait, Ezra Miller, Dominik Garcia-Lorido


Director: Raymond De Felitta
Script: Raymond De Felitta
Producers: Andy Garcia CineSon Productions, Lauren Versel Lucky Monkey Pictures, Raymond De Felitta Medici Entertainment, Zachary Matz, Maria Teresa Arida Lucky Monkey Pictures, Lucia Seabra, Grzegorz Hajdarowicz Gremi Film Production

Cinematographer: Vanja Cernjul
Production Designer: Franckie Diago
Editor: David Leonard
Music: Jan AP Kaczmarek

US premiere : March 19th 2010

Links:

Official website

Blog of Raymond De Felitta

TFF Panel: City Island

Tribeca Talks: The Future of the Independents

Synopsis

Meet the Rizzos, a family that might get along a lot better if only they could tell each other the truth. Dad Vince is the worst offender. But since the prison guard won’t even admit that “poker night” is in fact acting class, how’s he ever going to explain about his illegitimate son? His daughter works as a stripper when she’s supposed to be in college, while young Vinnie Jr has a secret sexual fetish that involves a 24-hour webcam and the family’s 300-pound neighbour. Vince’s wife Joyce is the family’s rock, but it’s been a year since she enjoyed intimacy with her husband, and it’s no surprise she thinks “poker night” spells A-F-F-A-I-R. When former prisoner Tony enters the Rizzos’ lives, Joyce begins to lose her head - little does she suspect that the handsome young man is in fact her step-son.

City Island is a funny, touching and smart family tale about the secrets of the past catching up with the lies of the present, and accepting that nobody’s perfect - least of all your loved ones.