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Following the tragic death of their five-year-old son Frankie, Irish couple Johnny and Sarah Sullivan and their remaining two offspring, 10 year old Christy Sullivan and 5 year old Ariel Sullivan, emigrate illegally to the United States via Canada with little in their pockets. Their final destination is Manhattan where Johnny hopes to work as a stage actor. They move into a unit in a run town tenement housed primarily with drug addicts, transvestites and one tenant coined "the man who screams". They do whatever they can to eke out a supportive family environment in this difficult situation, the support which ultimately extends to those around them, most specifically "the screamer" who turns out to be an African-American artist named Mateo with AIDS. But the memory of Frankie hangs over the family in good and bad ways, especially as Sarah learns shes pregnant. Christy, who records their lifes goings-on with her beloved camcorder, believes that the angel of Frankie has granted her three wishes, which she guards until absolutely needed.
Johnny, Sarah and their young daughters Christy and Ariel move to New York from Ireland. With barely any money they find an apartment in a run-down building that is overrun with drug addicts. Johnny, an actor, struggles to get a role and the family eke out an existence. Also hanging over them is the death of their son, Frankie. Then one day the little girls meet and befriend the mysterious, solitary neighbour, Mateo.
Paddy Considine
Johnny
Samantha Morton
Sarah
Djimon Hounsou
Mateo
Sarah Bolger
Christy
Emma Bolger
Ariel
Neal Jones
Immigration Officer #1
Randall Carlton
Immigration Officer #2
Ciaran Cronin
Frankie
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
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