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Three generations of family. They shared a dream called America in a place called Avalon.
Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 91 ratings · 5 Oct 1990 · English · 2h 6m · Released
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.
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