Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
- Released on
- Runtime
- 94 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Andrea Suarez
- Jesus Valez
- Azul Zorrilla
- Tenoch Huerta Mejía
- Marsha Stephanie Blake
- Josh Safdie
- Lance de los Reyes
Director
- Sam Fleischner
Producers
- Andrew Neel
- Veronica Nickel
- Dave Saltzman
- Craig Shilowich
