''No Letting Go'' is a 2015 American drama film directed by Jonathan D. Bucari. It is Bucari's directorial debut and is based on his 2013 short film ''Illness''. It is also based on the true story of the producer and co-screenwriter Randi Silverman.

Summary

A young teenager (timothy) struggles with a debilitating

mental illness A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitti ...

as his mom risks everything to save him without losing the rest of her family. Mostly the film focus is on how the family is dealing with Tim's bipolar disorder and how it affects their lives. the story evolves around trying to stay together in difficult circumstances, with the struggles that every member of the family is experiencing, they learn trough life as hardship never stops but their bond only grows stronger. the angle of bipolar disease is a point of debate, 'he's never really happy but he does get real low' interesting side note is that this happens in real life really often, found in al kind of disorders putting a child trough childhood is a big dilemma in many family's and the actions that should or must be taken always rises the question ''was it a good dissension?''. regrets, mistakes, forgiving each-other and trying again never ends.

Cast

*Cheryl Allison as Catherine *

Richard Burgi Richard William Burgi (, born July 30, 1958) is an American film and television actor best known for the roles of Det. Jim Ellison on '' The Sentinel'' and as Karl Mayer on ''Desperate Housewives''. He also portrayed Paul Hornsby in the ABC dayti ...

as Henry *David Schallipp as Timothy (10 yrs) *Noah Silverman as Timothy (14 yrs) *

Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick Seamus Liam Davey-Fitzpatrick (born December 29, 1998) is an American actor. His first film role was as Damien Thorn in the 2006 remake of the thriller ''The Omen (2006 film), The Omen''. Personal life Davey-Fitzpatrick was born in New York City, ...

as Kyle (14 yrs) * Jan Uczkowski as Kyle (17 yrs) *Julian Murdoch as Jessie (10 yrs) *Jack McCarthy as Jessie (6 yrs) *

Lee Bryant Lee Bryant (born August 31, 1945) is an American actress. She played a hysterical passenger in the 1980 film ''Airplane!'', reprising the role in the 1982 sequel. She also appeared as Sam Waterston's wife in the 1977 conspiracy thriller ''Capri ...

as Emily *

Janet Hubert Janet Louise Hubert (born January 13, 1956) is an Americans, American film and television actress. She is best known for playing the role of the original Vivian Banks on the sitcom ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' from its first season in 1990 u ...

as Dr. Stacey Slater * Lisa Roberts Gillan as Dr. Maynard *Tony Gillan as Principal Collins *

Neal Huff Neal Huff is an American actor from New York City. In April 2018, he performed as Willie Oban in the Broadway revival of ''The Iceman Cometh''. In December 2018, Huff began performing in ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', adapted for stage by Aaron Sor ...

as James *Gabriel Rush as Frank *Wyatt Ralff as Charlie (10 yrs) *Charlie Kilgore as Charlie (14 yrs) *

Alysia Reiner Alysia Reiner is an American actress. She is best known for playing Natalie "Fig" Figueroa in the Netflix comedy drama series '' Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role as part of the ...

as Lisa *

Kathy Najimy Kathy Ann Najimy ( ; ar, كاثي ان نجيمي ; born February 6, 1957) is an American actress and activist. She is best known for her roles in the films ''Soapdish'' (1991), ''Sister Act'' (1992), '' Hocus Pocus'' (1993), ''Hope Floats'' (1 ...

as Dr. Nancy Harris *

Noah Fleiss Noah Fleiss (born April 16, 1984) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, making his film debut as the eponymous Sam Whitney in ''Josh and S.A.M.'' (1993). Subsequently, he played the title character in '' Joe the King'' (1999 ...

as Sasha *

Jared Gilman Jared T. Raynor Gilman (born December 28, 1998) is an American actor best known for his role as Sam Shakusky in the 2012 Wes Anderson film ''Moonrise Kingdom'', which earned him a 2013 Young Artist Award nomination as Best Leading Young Actor i ...

as Wes *

Jake Ryan Jacob William Ryan (born February 27, 1992) is a former American football inside linebacker. He played college football at Michigan. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL Draft. High school career In high s ...

as David

References

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* * 2015 films American drama films American films based on actual events Features based on short films 2015 directorial debut films 2015 drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{2010s-drama-film-stub