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Before We Go
Why this pick
A missed train leaves two strangers wandering New York overnight; its intimate, conversational structure and gentle emotional escalation echo the original's one-day romantic momentum.
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MOVIE2019 1h 40m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Sparks fly between a pragmatic realist and a hopeless romantic on the day her family struggles to fight deportation and as she feels the pull of familial responsibility, he tries to convince her to stay.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Yara Shahidi
Natasha Kingsley
Charles Melton
Daniel Bae
Miriam A. Hyman
Patricia Kingsley
Keong Sim
Dae Hyun Bae
Jordan Williams
Peter Kingsley
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Samuel Kingsley
Jake Choi
Charlie Bae
Cathy Shim
Min Soo Bae