''Deportee'' is a 1976 dramatic

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written, produced, directed and edited by

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. It stars

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, Leslie Paxton, and

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. It was shot on location in downtown Los Angeles in 1975.

Plot

''Deportee'' tells the story of a young man and his alcoholic father who live in a skid-row hotel while trying to make ends meet. The father longs for the farm they left behind when they came to the city seeking a better life. The young man falls in love with a beautiful but troubled older woman who lives down the hall. Their bittersweet romance proves to be his painful rite-of-passage into adulthood.

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* 1976 films 1976 drama films American independent films Films shot in Los Angeles American drama short films 1976 independent films 1970s English-language films Films directed by Sharron Miller 1970s American films English-language independent films {{short-drama-film-stub