A gruff American loner hires a gregarious Senegalese cabbie to drive him, one way, to Blowing Rock in the Blue Ridge Mountains at a future date. One way? Why? The cabbie’s curiosity, to say nothing of his humanity, gets the better of him, and an odd couple begins to be formed. The ginger-haired, prune-faced Red West (a former Elvis bodyguard) and the buoyant Souleyman Sy Savane seem like real people in an unreal relationship. Much talk, many closeups. Directed by Ramin Bahrani. (2009) — Duncan Shepherd
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