Miracles are made by people who refuse to stop believing.
A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.
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Earnest, classical in form, contemporary and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Reese WitherspoonCarrie Davis
- Corey StollJack
- Arnold OcengMamere
- Ger DuanyJeremiah
- Thad LuckinbillMatt
- Afemo OmilamiDr. Monyang
- Sarah BakerPamela Lowi
- Joshua MikelDave
- Mike PniewskiNick Costas
- Lindsey GarrettJenny
Crew
- Philippe FalardeauDirector
- Margaret NagleScreenplay
- Ronald PlanteDirector of Photography
- Martin LéonOriginal Music Composer
- Richard ComeauEditor
- Brian GrazerProducer
- Thad LuckinbillProducer
- Ron HowardProducer
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