Stand Clear of The Closing Doors
– When autistic teen Ricky is scolded for skipping class, he escapes into the subway for a days-long o..
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.
05 Apr 2014
English, Spanish
Sam Fleischner
Rose Lichter-Marck (screenplay), Micah Bloomberg (screenplay), Rose Lichter-Marck (story)
Andrea Suarez Paz, Jesus Sanchez-Velez, Azul Zorrilla, Tenoch Huerta
The story of an autistic youth named Ricky who, after a particularly difficult day at school, escapes into the subways. It's here that he starts his real journey, on a days-long voyage of discovery while, above ground, his mom frantically searches for him.
4 wins & 3 nominations.
$7,000
Oscilloscope Pictures