As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.
Acting
Clarkson and Kingsley's chemistry is devastatingly understated.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like adults failing in real time.
Director
Isabel Coixet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Isabel Coixet and Patricia Clarkson have collaborated four times; this was their second project together after Elegy (2008).
The film quietly subverts the 'magical minority' trope by making Darwan's Sikh identity specific and lived-in rather than symbolic — his turban customs, his arranged marriage logistics, his night shift exhaustion.
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