From Northern Ireland, Nowhere Special is the poorly titled but beautifully made and deeply touching film about John, a 34-year-old window washer and devoted single father of a three-year-old son, Michael, and his arduous journey to find a loving new family for the child after being diagnosed with a terminal illness. The results of his painful but dedicated responsibility for leaving his beautiful boy with the perfect foster parents are heartbreaking, but the film—produced, written and directed by Uberto Pasolini—is a triumph of sensitivity, humanity and good taste that manages to admirably transcend every tendency inherent to the usual label of “tearjerker.”

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