Overview
Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.
Cast
- Liu Ye as Liu Xing
- Aidan Quinn as Jacob Reiser
- Meryl Streep as Joanna Silver
- Chi Peng as Mama
- Blair Brown as Hildy
- Jodi Russell as Claire Reiser
- Erick Avari as Professor R.K. Gazda
- Taylor Schilling as Jackie
- Rob Campbell as Gary Small
- Bill Irwin as Hal Silver