Top billed cast

1. 

   Sebiye Behtiyar

   Aishe

2. 

   Fred Hechinger

   Skinner

3. 

   Landyn Lu

   Munro

4. 

   Ella Rouwen Chen

   Chen

5. 

   B. Todd Johnston

   Jim

6. 

   Maxwell Almono

   Luis

7. 

   Justin Cotta

   Cop (Times Square)

8. 

   Alicher Adill

   Aziz

9. 

   Dralla Aierken

   Arzu

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Reviews

A review by Brent Marchant

Written by Brent Marchant on 2025-10-01

An essential element of any love story is chemistry between the lead characters, even if it takes an unconventional form. Regrettably, however, that’s exactly what’s missing in director Bing Liu’s debut narrative feature, based on the novel by Atticus Lish. Told in the form of a narrated letter/journal entry to her late film, the film chronicles the unlikely love story of Aishe (Sebiye Behtiyar), an ambitious, sharp-witted twentysomething Uyghur woman who illegally immigrates to the US, and Skinner (Fred Hechinger), a troubled young American soldier who just returned stateside after thre...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$43,421.00

Keywords

• new york city
• based on novel or book
• undocumented immigrant
• juvenile detention center