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.

• DirectorWayne Wang
• Release9 June 1995
• Genre
  Comedy / Drama
• Duration1h 52m
• Budget$7,000,000
• Revenue$8,349,430
• Rate
  

  7.197
  502 reviews
• Productions

  Miramax, NDF International, Eurospace