Hit the Road
a PANAH PANAHI picture
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.
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Press
"A beautifully tender comedy that tears your heart in half with a featherlight touch."
Indiewire
"Thrillingly inventive, satisfyingly textured and infused with warmth and humanity, this is a triumph."
Screen Daily
"Panahi’s debut feature is a stunningly assured road movie which balances emotional nuance with a bubbling undercurrent of political
BFI
critique."
"Panahi has a talent for leaving many things unsaid, allowing the viewer to draw their own conclusions about scenes that look natural but are filled with intent.”
The Hollywood Reporter
"A breath of fresh air and a truly original work that marks [Panahi] as a talent to watch.”
The Playlist
"This film is so simple and so complex, so full of humour and immense pain, abounding with love and just a little conflict.”
HeyUGuys
"An intimate, frequently funny, poignant and deeply moving piece of work.”
Cinevue
Festivals
& Awards
Director's Fortnight
New York IFF
London BFI Film Festival - Best Film Award
Ghent IFF - International Jury Member
Karlovy Vary IFF
New Horizons - Poland
Sarajevo Open Air IFF
Helsinki IFF
Zurich IFF
Hamburg IFF
Vancouver IFF
Athens IFF
Middle East Now Festival - Firenze
Golden Apricot IFF - Armenia
Mostra de Sao Paolo
Chicago IFF
San Juan IFF
Bergen IFF
Philadelphia IFF
Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest
Viennale IFF
Hong Kong Asian IFF
Tokyo Filmex
Valladolid International Film Festival
San Diego Asian FF
Ljubljana IFF - Kingfisher Award (Best Feature Film)
Denver IFF
Saint Louis IFF
Scottsdale IFF
Fort Lauderdale IFF
Cineuropa FF - Spain - Best Film Award
AFI Fest
Taipei Golden Horse FF
Tallin Black Nights FF
Mar del Plata - Astor Piazzolla Award (Best Feature-Length Film)
Singapore IFF - Best Film Award
Stockholm FF
Films From the South - Norway
Sydney FF
Cast & Crew
| Hassan Madjooni | Dad |
|---|---|
| Pantea Panahiha | Mom |
| Rayan Sarlak | Little Brother |
| Amin Simiar | Big Brother |
| Director | Panah Panahi |
|---|---|
| Screenwritter | Panah Panahi |
| Director of Photography | Amin Jafari |
| Sound | Abdolreza Heydari |
| Editing | Ashkan Mehri Amir Etminan |
| Music | Payman Yazdanian |
| Producers | Panah Panahi Mastaneh Mohajer |
