keane ( 2005 ) damian lewis and amy ryan and abigail breslin . ( dir represent lodge kerrigan ) william keane ( play with heartbreaking brilliance by lewis an academy award worthy turn ) be a man wrestle with ultimate grief represent he be search for his lose little girl month after the incident that have send him into a downward spiral into mental illness . keane patrol the hustle bustling port authority bus terminal of new york city where he be with his daughter when he take his eye off her for a brief moment only to lose her possibly forever . month have pass and apparently keane have be plague by his absolute guilt in allow her to be take from him that it have affect ( or possibly trigger ) a panicky and inner voice that speak to him ( or more accurately have him speak aloud to himself either calm his fear or invoke more paranoia ) a he wander seemingly aimless in the unforgiving way station ( a perfect metaphor for his situation ) and replete with a tattered news clip about his miss daughter that he wave to unsuspecting passersby and pedestrian alike mill about their daily chore of go back and forth to work or another destination . he be meet with disdain and indifference or plainly ignore . keane be in hell . live on a disability check and residing in a new jersey flophouse keane manages to daily sojourn back and forth hop for a glimmer of recognition ( be that her purple coat in the distance . ) that he lather himself into a feverish foam of hope ( or bad fearful pessimism ) and find himself get a cheap drunk on in a bar try in vein to listen to sugar pie honey bunch ( can not help myself ) on the tinny jukebox to either assure him or drown out his inner rage ( unnervingly madden ) while have anonymous sex with a stranger in a throbbing club restroom while score cocaine to amp up his courage to go on while stagger the street howl his daughter name and sadly return to his empty room to sleep a dreamless and troubled sleep soothe himself between wrack of sob of pity and horror . one day keane see a single mother and child ( ryan and breslin and both excellent ) argue with the desk clerk over money and he ingratiate himself by offer her a hundred dollar to get her by ( early he be show in a near similar sequence ) and lynn and kira invite him over the next night for a takeout dinner . lynn informs keane that she and her adorable daughter be en route to albany but be await her husband word that he have locate a new suitable home for the family . keane recognize in himself what he use to be a father to a young girl and become a defacto member of this temporary family when lynn ask him to watch over kira and the result be heartbreaking . filmmaker lodge kerrigan have create a truly amazing and deeply felt emotional roller coaster explore the inner corridor of mental health and family value and the human condition that he touch base on a similar theme in his stunning debut in 1994 with clean and shaven feature a schizophrenic ( character actor peter greene and best know a the racist or rapist doom zed in pulp fiction ) attempt to keep his demon at bay in his search for a daughter he never meet . kerrigan film his troubled protagonist at a too close for comfort distance in which the hand hold camera give the theme and film a scary immediacy while you want to root for keane but not get that close to the turmoil broiling inside . the real miracle be lewis who in a perfect world would be a natural bet for a best actor nod ( and win ) but this independent film be small in scale ( and distribution so far despite it be executive produce by acclaimed filmmaker steven soderbergh ) . lewis and who shin in hbo mini series band of brother and be the best thing in dreamcatcher and a british actor who uncannily channel an american accent every time and be an underrated thespian who truly give a stunning and shock and ultimately sympathetic performance . sure he have all the staple of a crazy role represent talk to himself and sudden outburst of near violent rage and cry himself to sleep etc . but he never allow this to overtake the fact that william be a human be and that this tragic turn of event have him in a stranglehold only fuel by his desire to be free of this ongoing ( and possibly self afflict ) curse . we be never 100 % certain if in fact he have a daughter but i would hedge my bet that kerrigan be too sharp to fool his audience into false belief ( i recognize one gut wrench clue when william mention to a ticket clerk he lose his daughter on september 11th ) particularly lewis gentle interplay with the natural born breslin and a very excellent young actress who also shin in her sad and shy kira and a child who be suffer as well inside and eventually blossom into happiness and can see that there be more than meet the eye with william ( who final act have all the suspense of a melodramatic thriller in what the audience fear his truth to become ) . the word i love you have never resonate so much overwhelming emotion that if you be not in tear then you my friend be not human . never before in my 22 year of film review have i have the experience of have a fellow audience member turn to me a the first end credit begin to ask me what do you think happens to him . prof to be the mark of a first rate filmmaker . keep the audience guessing a one would after instill one interest and concern and want to protect william keane in his quest represent forgiveness . emphatically one of the year best film and one that you need to seek out for the performance of the year .