Overview

• The film opens in theaters Sept. 5 via Amazon MGM Studios, with select bookings such as Alamo Drafthouse Wrigleyville running through Sept. 10.
• Adapted from Atticus Lish’s 2014 PEN/Faulkner-winning novel, the screenplay marks playwright Martyna Majok’s first produced script.
• Sebiye Behtiyar stars as Aishe, an undocumented Uyghur immigrant in New York, opposite Fred Hechinger as Brad Skinner, a recently discharged Army veteran with PTSD.
• Reviews commend Liu’s direction along with Ante Cheng’s saturated cinematography and Emile Mosseri’s score for enhancing the film’s intimate realism.
• Critics broadly praise Behtiyar’s debut performance yet note the story loses momentum in the third act.