![]() ![]() The fact that Yaakov was at his office that night was that he fell far behind in his work as he was preparing to get married to Mara and needed the time to catch up with his work and finish it before he's married. Yaakov's very honest and he's also about to get married to a beautiful Hasidic young woman Mara, Tracy Pollan.He also has no history of gambling and doing things that would drive him to commit a robbery to pay off Mafia loan sharks or neighborhood Shylock's. ![]() Eden is certain that Yaakov didn't steal the diamonds and left the country. Yaakov Klausman, Jake Webber, hasn't been see or heard from since he went to his office in the diamond district in mid-town Manhattan and also missing is the $720,000.00 in uncut diamonds that he had with him at the time. Title (Brazil): "Uma Estranha Entre Nós" ("A Stranger Among Us")Īfter being involved in a shoot-out at a mid-town Manhattan movie house where her partner Nick,Jamey Sheridan, was stabbed and sent to the hospital and the perpetrator shot and killed New York Police Detective Emily Eden, Madaline Griffith, after being cleared of using unnecessary force is put on light duty on a missing person case in the Brooklyn Hasidic community. This movie is basically the debut of James Gandolfini. The first time I saw this movie in the 90's, I did not understand how and independent woman like Emily Eden could fall in love with Ariel, but this time I have understood her need of fraternal love. Most of the bad reviews of the critics are based on the similarities of this movie with 1985 "Witness", but anyway "A Stranger Among Us" is an engaging film. The story is well constructed, disclosing a totally different society in the Twentieth Century in New York City. ![]() "A Stranger Among Us" is an underrated movie that entwined crime, drama and romance. But soon she has a discussion with Ariel and she concludes that the killer is another person from the community. When the gangsters Tony Baldessari (James Gandolfini) and Chris Baldessari (Chris Collins) threaten the group to sell protection to them, Emily believes she has resolved the case. Meanwhile Emily falls in unrequited love with Ariel. Emily works in a department store with Leah, Ariel and Yaakov's fiancée Mara (Tracy Pollan), who was former drug addicted embraced by Yaakov and the rebbe, and her partner Levine (John Pankow) gives support to her. The rebbe brings Emily to his home and his stepdaughter Leah (Mia Sara) and his stepson Ariel (Eric Thal) help her to know people in the community and understand their habits and rules. Emily concludes that Yaakov knew the killer and asks the rebbe (Lee Richardson) permission to work undercover in the community. However she discovers that Yaakov, who worked cutting diamonds, was murdered. When her partner Nick (Jamey Sheridan) is stabbed during an arrest of two drug dealers, Emily is assigned to a case of missing person, Yaakov Klausman, in a Hasidic community. In New York, Detective Emily Eden (Melanie Griffith) is a tough detective and daughter of a former cop. ![]()
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