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 | Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbass, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira | |
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| Tom McCarthy | |
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| Completed | |
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| 2007 | |
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| Walter Vale, widower and college professor, who travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young undocumented couple living in his apartment. He ends up befriending them. But Tarek is profiled by the police at a subway station and incarcerated, becoming subject to imminent deportation. When Tarek’s widowed mother, Mouna appears, Walter’s connection to this family in distress deepens and his narrowed horizons expand. | |
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| Toronto 2007, Sundance 2008, Method Fest 2008 Karlovy Vary 2008, Moscow International Film Festival 2008, Sarajevo Film Festival 2008, Haugesund Norwegian International Film Festival 2008, Deauville Film Festival 2008 | |
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| Method Fest 2008: Best Actor (Richard Jenkins), Best Director (Tom McCarthy), Best Supporting Actress ( Danai Jekesai Gurira), Moscow International Film Festival: Silver St George (Best Actor - Richard Jenkins), Independent Spirit Award 2009 nominated: Richard Jenkins (Best Male Lead), Tom McCarthy (Best Director), Haaz Sleiman (Best Supporting Male), Screen Actors Guid Awards 2009 nominated: Richard Jenkins (Outstanding performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Satellite Awards 2008: Richard Jenkins ( Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama), Thomas McCarthy (Best screenplay, Original), nominated: Thomas McCarthy (Best Director), Deauville 2008: Thomas McCarthy (Grand Special Prize) | |
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