Montine McLeod, a world-weary flight attendant, and Omar Hassan, a prematurely wise 10-year-old Pakastani-American boy connect with one another amidst the chaos of September 11, 2001. When Montine discovers the boy's direct personal link to the terrorist attacks, she instinctively embarks on an unsanctioned cross-country road trip to help Omar discover his uncertain future.
Acting
Melissa Leo's silences speak entire novels.
Direction
Fine lets small moments land like gut punches.
Writing
Dialogue that earns every tear it extracts.
Director
Travis Fine
Melissa Leo
Montine
Anthony Keyvan
Omar
AnnaSophia Robb
Sam
Brad William Henke
Will
Phillip Rhys
Maliq
Hunter Parrish
McDonough
Kyle Bornheimer
Kelli Williams
Junkie
Don Franklin
Paul Ehrlich
Brett Cullen
Used Car Salesman
Sayed Badreya
Imam
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
Cameroon
Jeffrey Pierce
Junkie
Tim Bagley
Derrex Brady
Michael
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fine wrote this after noticing flight attendants grounded on 9/11 became society's invisible first responders, ignored in memorials.
Melissa Leo accepted scale pay; the entire film shot in 14 days on actual locations from Dallas to NYC.
US
