<Li> Kevin Cannon as Missionary </Li> <Li> Sofia Black D'Elia as Not Magda </Li> <P> Director James Gray said The Immigrant is "80% based on the recollections from my grandparents, who came to the United States in 1923", and he described it as "my most personal and autobiographical film to date". He was also inspired by Giacomo Puccini's operas that comprise Il Trittico . </P> <P> James Gray wrote the movie for Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix . He stated that if they hadn't wanted to do the movie, he's not sure he would have made it . </P>

Is the movie the immigrant based on a true story