Does This Mean We're Married?

Does This Mean We're Married?

He wants her money. She wants a green card.

1992 · 94 min · ★ 4.9 · Romance, Comedy

It's a green-card marriage romance. Deena, an American standup comic living in Paris, has an expired visa. So, she marries Nick Foulliet, a struggling musician with a different woman for every day of the week. First the immigration investigation, and then a series of financial disasters push Deena and Nick into spending time together, and they fall in love. But can their in-name-only marriage become real?

Directed by Carol Wiseman · Written by Grant Morris

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