Wednesday, July 25 | 8:15 PM
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street
Synopsis
One day Rose (Heather Graham), an optometrist quietly withering away due to the devastating loss of her child, is visited by an elderly painter (Dominic Chianese), slowly going blind. Meanwhile, Simon (Victor Rasuk), a teenager living under the thumb of his overbearing mother, has taken to interacting with the world at a safe distance – through the long lens of his camera. And then he spies Rose. Though living in the heart of the big city, all three characters are isolated; separated not by physical distance, but by their own grief, anger or fears.
No matter how far removed we become from one another, or safely ensconced in our daily routines, we never lose our ability to be touched, shaken – or to be awakened. Adrift in Manhattan shows us that human transformation is not only a constant, surprising possibility, but an absolute necessity.
