1.   And Rachel Griffiths is delightful and sympathetic as Brenda, a complex woman longing for simplicity, the daughter of narcissists who never allowed her to have a childhood.

2.   Alan Howard is sturdy and sympathetic as the blind king.

3.   Caroline Seymour is the star of the quartet, particularly when she combines with Adam Alexi-Malle, astoundingly funny and sympathetic as the Arab tourist.

4.   Delany is convincing and sympathetic as the in-charge woman who needs to make room for love in her life.

5.   Gabriel Casseus is heartbreaking as the tough kid with heart, and Sharron Corley is sympathetic as the one who might break out of the collective hopelessness.

6.   Halil Ergun and Serif Sezer are very sympathetic as the parents of the Turkish family that befriends Francesco.

7.   Jacob Vargas is sympathetic as Ernesto, a basically decent kid who has become a drug dealer.

8.   Joseph Cross is sympathetic as the boy.

9.   Longtime Jordan collaborator Stephen Rea does a heroic job of projecting understated decency and thus is seemingly sympathetic as the husband.

10.   Melanie Griffith is sympathetic as the hapless Davies, doing jigsaw puzzles on the floor of the castle.