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Stand Clear of the Closing Doors (2014)
Directed by Sam Fleischner
Overview
When autistic teen Ricky is scolded for skipping class, he escapes into the subway for a days-long odyssey among the subway’s disparate denizens. Meanwhile, his mother wages an escalating search effort above ground. Based on a true story and set in Far Rockaway, Queens, in the days leading up to Hurricane Sandy, these parallel stories of mother and son take the viewer on a touching journey of community and connection in and below New York City.
Rated NR | Length 94 minutes
Actors
Andrea Suarez | Jesus Valez | Azul Zorrilla | Tenoch Huerta | Marsha Stephanie Blake | Josh Safdie | Lance de los Reyes