Stand Clear of the Closing Doors

Plot

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 Paz

Mariana

Jesus Valez

Ricky

Azul Zorrilla

Carla

Tenoch Huerta Mejía

Ricardo Sr.

Marsha Stephanie Blake

Carmen

Josh Safdie

Fighter

Lance de los Reyes

Dragon Man Rick