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A Thousand and One (2023)

R03/31/2023Drama, Crime1h 56m

Times change. Love stays the same.

Overview

Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to leave him again, she kidnaps him so they can build their life together. As the years go by, their family grows and Terry becomes a smart yet quiet teenager, but the secret that has defined their lives threatens to destroy the home they have so improbably built.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Teyana Taylor

    Inez

  2. Cast 1

    William Catlett

    Lucky

  3. Cast 1

    Josiah Cross

    Terry

  4. Cast 1

    Aven Courtney

    Terry 13 Year Old

  5. Cast 1

    Aaron Kingsley Adetola

    Terry 6 Years Old

  6. Cast 1

    Terri Abney

    Kim Jones

  7. Cast 1

    Delissa Reynolds

    Mrs. Jones

  8. Cast 1

    Amelia Workman

    Anita Tucker

  9. Cast 1

    Adriane Lenox

    Miss Annie

This features quite a strong performance from a convincing Teyana Taylor. She is "Inez" who decides that she wants to reclaim her young son "Terry" from his life on the streets of New York. What now ensues illustrates quite well the difficulties they both face as they both grow up with little by way of opportunity - or money - but determined to stick together despite their not always seeing eye to eye. Along the way, she marries "Lucky" (William Catlett), a decent man who offers some stability and it begins to look like "Terry" (by this stage played by Josiah Cross, but played well as a child ...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget-

Revenue $3,395,595.00

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