Immigrants (Hungarian title: Immigrants - Jóska menni Amerika) is a 2008 adult animatedcomedy film directed by Gábor Csupó. It is also known as L.A. Dolce VitaorImmigrants: L.A. Dolce Vita. It is the fifth and (to date) final feature-length film from the studio Klasky Csupo, and the first and only feature-length animated movie that was directed by Csupo.
The characters and story line in this film were the basis for a new animated series for Spike TV, which was scheduled to debut in August 2004.[1] However, despite scheduling a two-hour marathon for the series premiere and ordering an additional six episodes, the series never aired due to the decline of animation programming on Spike TV. It was later compiled into a film and released on October 30, 2008, in Hungary.[2]
Jóska, a Hungarian immigrant in Los Angeles, shares an apartment with Vladislav, a Russian immigrant. In their quest for the "American Dream", they encounter all kinds of troubles, wild adventures and comical situations. The pair are routinely saved by their big hearts and loyalty to each other in this unlikely tale of friendship in a foreign country.
Vladislav is a Russian immigrant who has a teenage daughter, Anya. He desperately seeks to land a job to support his daughter and Jóska, he occasionally lets out a jolly-like laugh whenever he's happy.
Jóska is a Hungarian immigrant and is a roommate of Vladislav. Unlike his friend, he is somewhat familiar with US culture, he occasionally whistles a happy tune.
Anya is Vladislav's daughter who tries to fit in as a normal teenager such as getting a tattoo.
Flaco is Vladislav and Jóska's Hispanic friend who lives with his wife.
Nazam is the Pakistani immigrant father of four daughters (who all wear hijabs in public) and his only son who works as a celebrity bus driver for tourists.
Rashid is a Pakistani teenager who lives with his father Nazam, he is also a brother to four sisters and friend of Anya and Min.
Chea is Min's father who owns a Chinese restaurant where everything costs one-dollar.
Min is Chea's Chinese daughter, and Anya's friend, who works in her father's restaurant.
Splits is a black African neighbor of Jóska and Vladislav. He routinely informs anyone who will listen that he had sex with a thousand women.
Greta Night is the old landlady of the foreign occupants. She is attracted to Vladislav and occasionally offers to marry him to extend his stay in America (while also offering to "jumpstart his sex life"). She also threatens to call immigration whenever her residents do anything of which she disapproves.
