A true story based on the life story of writer/director Eva Gardos, this film depicts the personal odyssey of a family's escape from Communist Hungary. One night, Margaret (Nastassja Kinski) and Peter (Tony Goldwyn) arrange to escape Hungary with their eldest daughter in tow, forcing them to leave behind their youngest, Suzanne, in the care of Margaret's mother. When the mother is separated from the young child, she goes to live in a peaceful Eastern European countryside with a loving man and woman who raise her until age six, where Suzanne is sent for by her birth parents, now living in America. She finds the adjustment difficult and does not fully comprehend that Margaret and Peter are her parents, but she is willing to stay, and if she feels the same way in several years, Peter has agreed to give her a ticket back to Hungary. Later, as a rebellious teenager (played by Scarlett Johansson), with Margaret becoming a highly overprotective mother, she takes her father up on his offer to go back and reconnect with those who raised her as a child. While in Hungary, she has a change of heart , however, and discovers her true identity. The feature also co-stars Mae Whitman, Emmy Rossum, and Larisa Oleynik. Jason Clark, Rovi
Small-time Texas businessman Arlis Sweeney (Dennis Quaid) can never shake the memory of his father's (James Caan) wasted life. What particularly sticks in his craw is the murder committed years earlier by his father and a teenaged accomplice. While going through the by-rote motions of his job (he supplies vending machines), Arlis strikes up a friendship with hardcase hitchhiker Kay Davies (Meg Ryan). Slowly, Kay helps Arlis put his life in order. And then, Arlis suddenly realizes where he's seen Kay before. Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Genre: Drama
- Category Period Film, Rural Drama, Psychological Drama, Family Drama
- Theme: Totalitarian States, Journey of Self-Discovery, Southern Gothic, Haunted By the Past, Star-Crossed Lovers, Fathers and Sons, Immigrant Life, Discovering One's Heritage
- Studio: Lionsgate
- Language: English
- Release Date: March 18, 2008
- Lead Actor: Scarlett Johansson, Meg Ryan, Nastassja Kinski, Dennis Quaid, James Caan
- Supporting Actor: James Harrell, John Hawkes, Ron Kuhlman, Vic Polizos, Nik Hagler, Joe Stevens, Joe Berryman, Jerry Swindall, Barbara Alyn Woods, Travis Baker, Betsy Brantley, Angie Bolling, Gail Cronauer, Libby Villari, Ryan Bohls, Tony Goldwyn, Gwyneth Paltrow, Agnes Banfalvy, Scott Wilson, Chris Rydell, Zsuzsa Czinkoczi, Julia Mueller
- Director: Eva Gardos, Steve Kloves