Directed by:
Maryam KeshavarzCinematography:
Drew DanielsComposer:
Gingger ShankarCast:
Susan Sarandon, Matt Bomer, Edie Falco, Lola Kirke, Julian Morris, Sheila Vand, Adepero Oduye, Damian Young, Colby Minifie, Sierra Boggess, Kristin Villanueva (more)Plots(1)
Helen (Susan Sarandon) is a veteran emergency room nurse facing another kind of crisis when her only son - a war correspondent on foreign assignment — is taken hostage by a terrorist organization. Initially (and somewhat naively) confident that the highest levels of her government will make her son's safe return a priority, Helen soon becomes disillusioned by the state's inaction and double-speak. Isolated, frustrated, and alone, Helen finds a beacon of light in Charlotte (Edie Falco), an enigmatic and effective activist who represents a covert group with proven successes in bypassing governments to free prisoners. Helen invests her fervent hope in Charlotte's refreshing pragmatism. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Susan Sarandon
USA
Best movies:
Thelma & Louise (1991)
The Front Page (1974)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Matt Bomer
USA
Best movies:
8 (2012) (theatrical recording)
In Time (2011)
The Normal Heart (2014) (TV movie)
Edie Falco
USA
Best movies:
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Trust (1990)
Lola Kirke
UK
Best movies:
Les Apparences (2014)
American Made (2017)
Reaching for the Moon (2013)
Julian Morris
UK
Best movies:
Valkyrie (2008)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
Man in an Orange Shirt (2017) (TV movie)
Sheila Vand
USA
Best movies:
Argo (2012)
Bold Native (2010)
The Red Tent (2014) (TV movie)
Adepero Oduye
USA
Best movies:
When They See Us (2019) (series)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
The Big Short (2015)
Damian Young
USA
Best movies:
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Unbreakable (2000)
Simple Men (1992)
Colby Minifie
USA
Best movies:
Beware the Gonzo (2010)
The Greatest (2009)
The Winning Season (2009)
Sierra Boggess
USA
Best movies:
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011) (theatrical recording)
Kristin Villanueva
Best movies:
First Reformed (2017)
Paul Eenhoorn
Australia
Best movies:
This Is Martin Bonner (2013)
The Mountain (2018)
Land Ho! (2014)
Mattea Conforti
Best movies:
Frozen II (2019)
Three Generations (2015)
The Super (2017)
Joel Kim Booster
South Korea
Best movies:
Fire Island (2022)
The Week Of (2018)