WHO’S IN IT?
Richard Gere (Chicago), Ben Vereen (Idlewild), Jena Malone (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Kyra Sedgwick (Secondhand Lions), Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs), Danielle Brooks (Orange is the New Black), Jeremy Strong (The Big Short), Yul Vazquez (Captain Phillips), Brian d’Arcy James (Spotlight), Geraldine Hughes (Rocky Balboa), Lisa Datz (The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water), Tonye Patano (The Company Men), Colman Domingo (Selma)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
Oren Moverman (The Messenger), director, writer; Miranda Bailey (The Diary of a Teenage Girl), Richard Gere (Hachi: A Dog’s Tale), Lawrence Inglee (Rampart), Caroline Kaplan (Letters to Juliet), Bill Pohlad (12 Years A Slave) and Edward Walson (Blue Jasmine), producers; Bobby Bukowski (99 Homes), cinematographer; Alex Hall (Everyday People), editor
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
A homeless man named George (Gere) seeks refuge at an intake centre in a Manhattan hospital, where he bonds with fellow client Dixon (Vereen) who helps him reconnect with his estranged daughter Maggie (Malone)…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
Richard Gere gives one of his most heartfelt performances in years as a homeless man looking for redemption in writer-director Oren Moverman’s latest calling card as a filmmaker.
