ComedyDrama

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.

"The most precious things are lighter than air."

Credits

Harvey KeitelAugustus 'Auggie' Wren

William HurtPaul Benjamin

Stockard ChanningRuby McNutt

Harold PerrineauThomas 'Rashid' Cole

Forest WhitakerCyrus Cole