Before I Disappear

(2014)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 197 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2014

Runtime: 100 мин

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Director: Shawn Christensen

Cast: Shawn Christensen, Fatima Ptacek, Эмми Россум, Пол Уэсли, Рон Перлман, Ричард Шифф, Фран Кранц, Hani Avital, Isabelle McNally, Sean Ringgold

Plot

At the lowest point in his life, Richie receives a call from his estranged sister, asking him to pick up his eleven-year-old niece from school. What begins as a simple favor turns into a nighttime odyssey through New York City, where the two form an unexpected bond.

A troubled young man and his strait-laced niece embark on a thrilling odyssey through New York City in this heartrending drama based on an Oscar-winning short. As his life hits rock bottom, 20-something Richie decides to end it all, only to have his half-hearted suicide attempt interrupted by an urgent request from his sister to babysit her precocious daughter. So begins a madcap tour of Manhattan after dark, as uncle and niece find unexpected bonds in the unlikeliest of places.