The Space Between (film)
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The Space Between is a feature film written and directed by Travis Fine
that premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
. The film is a fictional account of a flight attendant who finds herself responsible for an unaccompanied minor. It has won three film awards. It had its US television premier on the USA Network
on Sunday, September 11, 2011, the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
) is a flight attendant who gets stuck with Omar Hassan (Anthony Keyvan) after their flight gets grounded in Longview, TX the morning of 9/11/01. Omar is an unaccompanied minor, in the chaos that ensues Montine becomes his temporary guardian. She (Montine) later discovers that Omar’s father works in the World Trade Center. She decides to drive the boy home after he informs her his father is at home waiting for him in New York. On the journey, they begin to bond and learn more about each other. Montine makes a stop on the way to New York as she receives a call that her mother is dying. Once she makes it to her mothers house, she arrives to find her mother dead. After dealing with her mother's death, she continues to head back on the road to take Omar home. When they get there, they learn Omar's father has not been home in the two days since the destruction of the towers. Later that night, Montine receives a call from her employer, and is forced to bring Omar. At the ensuring meeting, Montine is terminated and Omar taken from her and is given to his school head master for the night before leaving for a new school the following day (the reason he was on the original flight). The day Omar is set to leave for Los Angeles, he locks himself in the bathroom and refuses to come out. Montine is asked to come and she coaxes Omar out of the bathroom. At the end, she walks him to his flight to Los Angeles.
Travis Fine
Travis Lane Fine is an American actor, writer, director and producer, perhaps best known for his roles in Girl, Interrupted and The Young Riders.-Personal life:...
that premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...
. The film is a fictional account of a flight attendant who finds herself responsible for an unaccompanied minor. It has won three film awards. It had its US television premier on the USA Network
USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
on Sunday, September 11, 2011, the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Plot Summary
Montine McLeod (Melissa LeoMelissa Leo
Melissa Chessington Leo , is an American actress. After appearing on several television shows and films in the late '80s, her breakthrough role came in 1993 as Det. Sgt. Kay Howard on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street for the show's first five seasons from 1993 – 1997...
) is a flight attendant who gets stuck with Omar Hassan (Anthony Keyvan) after their flight gets grounded in Longview, TX the morning of 9/11/01. Omar is an unaccompanied minor, in the chaos that ensues Montine becomes his temporary guardian. She (Montine) later discovers that Omar’s father works in the World Trade Center. She decides to drive the boy home after he informs her his father is at home waiting for him in New York. On the journey, they begin to bond and learn more about each other. Montine makes a stop on the way to New York as she receives a call that her mother is dying. Once she makes it to her mothers house, she arrives to find her mother dead. After dealing with her mother's death, she continues to head back on the road to take Omar home. When they get there, they learn Omar's father has not been home in the two days since the destruction of the towers. Later that night, Montine receives a call from her employer, and is forced to bring Omar. At the ensuring meeting, Montine is terminated and Omar taken from her and is given to his school head master for the night before leaving for a new school the following day (the reason he was on the original flight). The day Omar is set to leave for Los Angeles, he locks himself in the bathroom and refuses to come out. Montine is asked to come and she coaxes Omar out of the bathroom. At the end, she walks him to his flight to Los Angeles.
Cast
- Melissa LeoMelissa LeoMelissa Chessington Leo , is an American actress. After appearing on several television shows and films in the late '80s, her breakthrough role came in 1993 as Det. Sgt. Kay Howard on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street for the show's first five seasons from 1993 – 1997...
as Montine - Anthony Keyvan as Omar
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