Amy Foster

Yanko Gooral, a farmer from the Carpathian Mountains, washes ashore on the English coast after the emigrant ship he was traveling on to America sinks. There, deceived by an illegal immigration network, he hoped to build a prosperous future. After enduring hunger, cold, shock, and despair during the shipwreck, the inhabitants of the small village where he arrives, gripped by the irrational fear of this foreigner who doesn't speak a word of English, greet him with hostility: they stone him, lock him in a shed, and call him a demon or a lunatic. Only Amy Foster, an unattractive and slow-witted young woman, tries to end his isolation by showing him mercy. But can love and compassion save Yanko from his utter desolation?