Synopsis
A chaotic family is on a road trip across a rugged landscape. In the back seat, Dad has a broken leg, Mom tries to laugh when she's not holding back tears, and the youngest keeps exploding into car karaoke. Only the older brother is quiet.
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Hit the Road
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Alternative Titles
Jaddeh Khaki, Veien videre, Put pod noge, Na cestě, Asugem teele, Soratie, Jadde Khaki, Φύγαμε!, 伊家好走, 砂利道, W drogę!, Estrada Fora, 길 위의 가족, 旅途．未完成, Yola Devam, Hit The Road, Útra fel, Hit the Road - Veien videre, 同车异路, إمضِ في الطريق, 旅途・未完成, Pegando a Estrada, 君は行く先を知らない
Releases by Date
Premiere
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France
Cannes Film Festival
14 Aug 2021
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AustraliaPG
Melbourne International Film Festival
20 Aug 2021
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Czechia
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
06 Oct 2021
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UK
BFI London Film Festival
29 Apr 2022
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South Korea
Jeonju International Film Festival
27 Oct 2022
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Indonesia
Jakarta World Cinema Week
Theatrical limited
29 Oct 2021
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Netherlands12
22 Apr 2022
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USA
Theatrical
29 Oct 2021
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Hong KongIIA
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Netherlands12
15 Dec 2021
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South Korea
17 Mar 2022
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Czechia
22 Apr 2022
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Finland
27 Apr 2022
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France
13 May 2022
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Spain
03 Jun 2022
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Turkey
29 Jul 2022
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UK12A
25 Aug 2022
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AustraliaPG
03 Nov 2022
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Greece
08 Dec 2022
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Denmark
Digital
28 Sep 2021
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Switzerland12
18 Aug 2022
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FranceU
01 Feb 2023
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AustraliaPG
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New ZealandM
Physical
23 Aug 2022
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France
Releases by Country
Australia
14 Aug 2021
- PremierePG Melbourne International Film Festival
25 Aug 2022
- TheatricalPG
01 Feb 2023
- DigitalPG
Czechia
20 Aug 2021
- Premiere Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
17 Mar 2022
- Theatrical
Denmark
08 Dec 2022
- Theatrical
Finland
22 Apr 2022
- Theatrical
France
10 Jul 2021
- Premiere Cannes Film Festival
27 Apr 2022
- Theatrical
18 Aug 2022
- DigitalU VOD
23 Aug 2022
- Physical DVD & Blu-Ray
Greece
03 Nov 2022
- Theatrical
Hong Kong
29 Oct 2021
- TheatricalIIA
Indonesia
27 Oct 2022
- Premiere Jakarta World Cinema Week
Netherlands
29 Oct 2021
- Theatrical limited12
29 Oct 2021
- Theatrical12
New Zealand
01 Feb 2023
- DigitalM
South Korea
15 Dec 2021
- Theatrical
29 Apr 2022
- Premiere Jeonju International Film Festival
Spain
13 May 2022
- Theatrical
Switzerland
28 Sep 2021
- Digital12
Turkey
03 Jun 2022
- Theatrical
UK
06 Oct 2021
- Premiere BFI London Film Festival
29 Jul 2022
- Theatrical12A
USA
22 Apr 2022
- Theatrical limited
Popular reviews
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A family road trip movie in which we never quite know where the film is heading (and are often lied to about why), “Hit the Road” may be set amid the winding desert highways and gorgeous emerald valleys of northwestern Iran, but Panah Panahi’s miraculous debut is fueled by the growing suspicion that its characters have taken a major detour away from our mortal coil at some point along the way. “Where are we?” the gray-haired mom (Pantea Panahiha) asks into the camera upon waking up from a restless catnap inside the SUV in which so much of this film takes place. “We’re dead,” squeaks the youngest of her two sons (Rayan Sarlak) from the back seat, the six-year-old boy…
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AFI 2021: film #7
“off we go”
“where to?”
“to hell”chaos and comedy intertwine from the jump here but the heart lies with the relatably messy and tender family bond. so unexpectedly good
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Road as intermediary, the buffer zone between territories that ensnare us. Where we begin and where we leave may hold nothing, no future and no past respectively, but for a brief little while we can be out of space and time: exactly where we need to be and exactly in the present. Escaping apprehension the car is always moving, always transitioning, always meeting new people and seeing new places. And for a brief little while we can be happy.
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A Three-Part Analysis of Hit the Road: Aesthetic, Family, and Ideological Critique
Overview of the Film"Don’t be scared."
A family of four and their sick dog embark on a road trip, that at first, is left unclear where exactly they are headed and why. It is gradually revealed that they are driving to a hidden location in the mountains, where they will be sending their eldest son to escape the country in search of freedom and better opportunities. To do so, the family has sold everything in their possession, including their home, to fund their son’s journey — with loose plans of getting things together once they ensure his safe passage through the mountains.
Part I: Aesthetic
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brb gotta wrap myself in a tinfoil snuggie like a human baked potato until i become one with the cosmos
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Beautifully tragic.
Also funny.
It's weird since a road trip movie is pretty much a staple in cinema but this manages to make (what can be a tricky balancing act) look effortless. It's funny, charming, achingly sad and did I mention beautiful?
There's a wide shot scene at the emotional apex of the movie and its... Well, beautifully tragic. Also a moment where the dad and boy are chatting and they just drift away together. You have to see it to understand (so get on that right away) but it feels poignant and creative and a tad silly and I loved it. -
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For a while, Hit the Road plays like Waiting for Godot on the road, as an Iranian family of four (and their ailing dog) embark on a vague, uncertain driving trip, engaging in teasing bouts of nonsense dialogue along the way. It’s meandering and oddly amusing—depending on your own mileage when it comes to precociously naughty child performances, which is what we get from Rayan Sarlak as the family’s terrorizing younger son. Eventually, though, it becomes clear that the older son (Amin Simiar) is being taken to the border by his parents (Hassan Madjooni and Pantea Panahiha) so he can surreptitiously escape the country. It’s a sad reality the family tries to belie with their tough humor, but one that…
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Surprisingly original and well directed road movie. Blends intimate family silliness and warmth with greater existential and political despair. In many ways it’s an ode to children as little annoying fun-generating machines that keep our spirits alive. Thought this would be just a lighthearted family drama but it’s more than that. The performances are wonderful too. Extremely impressive debut.
