A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.
Reese Witherspoon | Carrie | |
Arnold Oceng | Mamere | |
Ger Duany | Jeremiah | |
Emmanuel Jal | Paul | |
Corey Stoll | Jack | |
Kuoth Wiel | Abital | |
Femi Oguns | Theo | |
Sarah Baker | Pamela | |
Lindsey Garrett | Jenny | |
Peterdeng Mongok | Young Mamere | |
Okwar Jale | Young Theo | |
Thon Kueth | Young Jeremiah | |
Deng Ajuet | Young Paul | |
Keji Jale | Young Abital | |
David Madingi | Young Gabriel | |
Kon Akoue Auok | Young Daniel | |
Sibusisu Moyo | Young Simon | |
Antoine Wonder Kalambay | Boy (River of Children) | |
Elikana Jale | James | |
Afemo Omilami | Dr. Monyang | |
Michael H. Cole | Reverend Trutner | |
Brian Kurlander | Frank | |
Jimi Kocina | Karl | |
Joshua Mikel | Dave | |
Mike Pniewski | Nick |
Director | Philippe Falardeau | |
Writer | Margaret Nagle | |
Producer | Brian Grazer, Genevieve Hofmeyr, Ron Howard, Broderick Johnson, Karen Kehela Sherwood, Andrew A. Kosove, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Emma McGill, Deepak Nayar, Deborah Jelin Newmyer, Robert F. Newmyer, Kim Roth, Ellen H. Schwartz, Jim Shamoon, Jeffrey Silver, Molly Smith, Lynne-Anne Vosloo, Mario Zvan | |
Musician | Martin Leon | |
Photography | Ronald Plante |