Tenderness and chaos collide during a family road trip across Iran in this comedic Farsi drama. Nominated for the Golden...
Tenderness and chaos collide during a family road trip across Iran in this comedic Farsi drama. Nominated for the Golden Camera at Cannes and Best Film at the London Film Festival.
"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 other’s nerves. Only the mysterious older brother is quiet." (Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival)
This is the feature debut of Panah Panahi, son of renown Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who also co-edited his father's critically-acclaimed film 3 Faces.
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95 %99 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
77 %100 reviewsAudience score rating
"A stunningly assured road movie which balances emotional nuance with a bubbling undercurrent of political critique."
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Sight & Sound
Sight & Sound"A film that swerves between tragedy and gallows humor with the expert control of a stunt driver..."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"Panahiha’s performance... (is) a bravura actor’s exercise that never feels like one."
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Variety
Variety"It demonstrates a skill and control of the medium that’s rare for a first film."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"For too much of its running time, Hit the Road is untethered from any kind of captivating narrative purpose."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"The acting is note perfect across the board..."
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Time Out
Time Out"Riotously funny at times and quietly devastating at others..."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"(The) dialogue is so sharp you could slice steel with it."
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Film Threat
Film ThreatHit the Road | Details
- Rating
- 12A, infrequent moderate bad language
- Runtime
- 93
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- Iran
