The Guys

Less than two weeks after the September 11th attacks, New
Yorkers are still in shock. One of them, an editor named Joan, receives
an unexpected phone call on behalf of Nick, a fire captain who has lost
most of his men in the attack. He’s looking for a writer to help him
with the eulogies he must present at their memorial services. Nick and
Joan spend a long afternoon together, recalling the fallen men through
recounting their virtues and their foibles, and fashioning the stories
into memorials of words. In the process, Nick and Joan discover the
possibilities of friendship in each other and their shared love for the
unconquerable spirit of the city. As they make their way through the
emotional landscape of grief, they draw on humor, tango, the
appreciation of craft in all its forms and the enduring bonds of common
humanity.