CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 2005
Stay posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2005 1h 39m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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CINEHUNCH / COMING ATTRACTIONS

Stay — the trailer.

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

The film opens with a car crash on the Brooklyn Bridge, and introduces Henry Letham (Ryan Gosling), a survivor of the crash, sitting, unharmed, next to a burning car on the bridge.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling

Henry Letham

Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts

Lila Culpepper

Kate Burton

Kate Burton

Mrs. Letham

Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins

Dr. Leon Patterson

Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo

Dr. Beth Levy

Sterling K. Brown

Sterling K. Brown

Frederick / Devon

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Sam Foster

Elizabeth Reaser

Elizabeth Reaser

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