An intriguing little fable, set in NYC's Jewish ghetto a century or so ago: an immigrant (Carol Kane), finds herself ill-matched to her assimilated husband (Steven Keats). Joan Micklin Silver's direction doesn't always find the right balance between comedy and drama (a major plot turn happens rather abruptly), but the flavor of the time and place come across effectively. The acting is fine: Kane got an Oscar nomination, and she's subtly effective, while Keats is smug and brash but never inhuman.