简介：Abittersweetcoming-of-agefilm,ForeignLettersisitselfalovelettertotheunshakeablebondbetweenfriends.Setinthepre-emaileraofthe1980s,youngEllie,newlyarrivedtotheUSfromIsrael,anxiouslywaitsforlettersfromherbestfriendbackhome.Sufferingfromhomesickness,languagedifficultiesandrejectionatschool,lifebrightenswhenshemeetsThuy,aVietnameserefugeeherage.Asthetwobondandbecomeinseparable,theyeventuallyhurteachother,andElliemustfindawaytorestoretheirtrust.BasedondirectorElaThier'spersonalimmigrationexperience,ForeignLettersisafilmaboutpoverty,prejudice,shame,andthehealingpoweroffriendship.…