Directed by:
Tim Blake NelsonScreenplay:
Tim Blake NelsonCinematography:
Christina Alexandra VorosComposer:
Jeff DannaCast:
Sam Waterston, Corey Stoll, Kristen Stewart, Glenn Close, K. Todd Freeman, Tim Blake Nelson, Jessica Hecht, Gretchen Mol, Michael Kenneth Williams (more)Plots(1)
A snowy New York City night, a beloved teacher, a shocking crime: this provocative drama pieces together the puzzle of a man's life just before it changes forever. While on his way home one evening, Walter Zarrow (Sam Waterston), a popular Columbia University philosophy professor, is violently attacked on the street. Flash back one week, as actor-director Tim Blake Nelson traces the domino effect of events that led up to this seemingly senseless assault. Along the way, hidden connections between a seemingly disparate group of people—including a self-destructive student (Kristen Stewart), a hard-drinking suburban housewife (Gretchen Mol), and a desperate junkie (K. Todd Freeman)—emerge, forming a complex, engrossing mosaic of lost souls united by tragedy. (IFC Films)
(more)Cast
![Lee Wilkof](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247488_986749.jpg)
Lee Wilkof
USA
Best movies:
This Boy's Life (1993)
Private Parts (1997)
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
Derrick Baskin
Best movies:
Memphis the Musical (2011) (theatrical recording)
Marshall (2017)
Anesthesia (2015)
![Lucas Hedges](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/049/165049820_c4ffe2.png)
Lucas Hedges
USA
Best movies:
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Mid90s (2018)
Doris McCarthy
Best movies:
Awakenings (1990)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Sully (2016)
![Rob Morgan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/158/162158642_f07187.jpg)
Rob Morgan
USA
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Godless (2017) (series)
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
Cliff Moylan
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
The Irishman (2019)
Patriots Day (2016)
![Marcus Callender](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/865/161865962_ee6115.png)
Marcus Callender
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Anesthesia (2015)
Ekaterina Samsonov
USA
Best movies:
Anesthesia (2015)
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Wonderstruck (2017)
Christopher McCann
USA
Best movies:
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997) (TV movie)
God's Pocket (2014)
![Kaipo Schwab](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/341/164341857_341cc0.jpg)
Kaipo Schwab
USA
Best movies:
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
It Could Happen to You (1994)
Anesthesia (2015)
Julia Morrison
Best movies:
The Get Down (2016) (series)
Anesthesia (2015)
That Awkward Moment (2013)
Korey Jackson
Best movies:
5 Flights Up (2014)
Anesthesia (2015)
![Patrick Kerr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/365/167365155_8febab.png)
Patrick Kerr
USA
Best movies:
Toothless (1997) (TV movie)
Anesthesia (2015)
Jeffrey (1995)
![Richard Thomas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267820_1a3a31.jpg)
Richard Thomas
USA
Best movies:
The Comey Rule (2020) (series)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV movie)
J. Bernard Calloway
Best movies:
Memphis the Musical (2011) (theatrical recording)
Man on a Ledge (2012)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
Denise Burse
USA
Best movies:
Basquiat (1996)
Vacation Friends (2021)
Anesthesia (2015)
Erica Cho
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Nyad (2023)
Spoiler Alert (2022)