In America (2002)
Coming Out at 31 October 2003 in theaters.
Drama
In America is road drama film directed by Jim Sheridan. The semi-autobiographical screenplay by Sheridan and his daughters, Naomi and Kirsten, focuses on an immigrant Irish family’s struggle to start a new life in New York City, as seen through the eyes of the elder daughter.
The film was an Irish, American, and British co-production, and was nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay for the Sheridans, Best Actress for Samantha Morton, and Best Supporting Actor for Djimon Hounsou.
In 2002, Johnny and Sarah Sullivan and their daughters Christy and Ariel enter the United States on a tourist visa from Ireland via Canada, where Johnny was working as an actor. The family settles in New York City, in a rundown Hell’s Kitchen tenement occupied by drug addicts, transvestites, and a reclusive Nigerian artist/photographer named Mateo Kuamey. Hanging over the family is the death of their five-year-old son Frankie, who died from a brain tumor. The devout Roman Catholic Johnny questions God and has lost any ability to feel true emotions, which has affected his relationship with his family. Christy believes she has been granted three wishes by her dead brother, which she only uses at times of near-dire consequences for the family as they try to survive in New York.
Director: Jim Sheridan
Writers: Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan
Stars: Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Djimon Hounsou, Emma Bolger, Sarah Bolger
Cast:
| Paddy Considine | … | Johnny |
| Samantha Morton | … | Sarah |
| Sarah Bolger | … | Christy |
| Emma Bolger | … | Ariel |
| Neal Jones | … | Immigration Officer #1 |
| Randall Carlton | … | Immigration Officer #2 |
| Ciaran Cronin | … | Frankie |
| Djimon Hounsou | … | Mateo |
| Juan Carlos Hernández | … | Papo |
| Nye Heron | … | Blind Man |
| Jason Salkey | … | Tony |
| Rene Millan | … | Steve |
| Sara James | … | Papo’s Girlfriend |
| Bob Gallico | … | Theatre Director |
| Jason Killalee | … | Assistant Theatre Director |
| Chary O’Dea | … | Mexican Woman with Child |
| Adrian Martinez | … | Shopkeeper |
| Merrina Millsapp | … | Marina |
| David Wike | … | Barker |
| Guy Carleton | … | Man at Fair |
| Elaine Grollman | … | Nun on School Steps |
| Nick Dunning | … | Gynaecologist |
| Michael Tighe | … | Frank |
| Jennifer Seifert | … | Angela |
| Kathleen King | … | Prize Giving Nun |
| Eilish Scanlon | … | Nun Playing Piano |
| Tom Murphy | … | Actor in Queue |
| Des Bishop | … | Stockbroker in Taxi |
| Bernadette Quigley | … | Hospital Administrator |
| Frank Wood | … | Paediatrician |
| Molly Glynn | … | Sarah Mateo |
| Jer O’Leary | … | Thomas Bakewell |
| Regina Ford | … | Administrator / Nurse |
| Tamla Clarke | … | Hospital Receptionist |
| Carmen Regan | … | Doctor |
| Nisha Nayar | … | Hospice Nurse |
| Rodrigo Pineda Sanchez | … | Mexican Man Guitarist |
| Gabriela Quintero Lopez | … | Mexican Woman Guitarist |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia