The Saint of Fort Washington

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Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more dire straits, when he is threatened by Little Leroy, a thug who is one of the tough denizens of the Fort Washington Shelter for Men. He reaches out to Jerry, a streetwise combat veteran, who takes Matthew under his wing as a son. The relationship between these two men grows as they attempt to conquer the numbing isolation of homelessness.

A jittery, fractured performance from Matt Dillon captures the terrifying fragility of a young man losing his grip on reality. He finds a desperate ally in a weary streetwise mentor who navigates the brutal hierarchy of a city shelter.