Hit the Road
Directed by Panah Panahi
2021Feature93 minIranPG
A chaotic, tender family bickers its way across a rugged landscape on a mysterious road trip, while the older brother stays silent.
Synopsis
A chaotic, tender family is on a road trip across a rugged landscape, but to where? In the back seat, Dad has a broken leg, but is it really broken? Mom tries to laugh when she’s not holding back tears. The kid keeps exploding into choreographed car karaoke. All of them are fussing over the sick dog and getting on each others’ nerves.
Only the mysterious older brother is quiet.
The director
Panah Panahi
Panah Panahi is an Iranian writer-director and the son of Jafar Panahi, on whose films he worked. His debut feature Hit the Road premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes in 2021.
On screens
Already played at 3 cinemas in St. Catharines, Victoria, Toronto.
