TY - ADVS AU - Panahi,Panah AU - Panahiha,Pantea AU - Madjouni,Hassan AU - Sarlak,Rayan AU - Simiar,Amin AU - Jafari,Amin AU - Etminan,Amir AU - Mehri,Ashkan AU - Yazdanian,Peyman ED - JP Production (Firm), ED - Kino Lorber, Inc., TI - Hit the road PY - 2022///] CY - New York, NY PB - Kino Lorber KW - Families KW - Iran KW - Drama KW - Automobile travel KW - Road films KW - lcgft KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 2021; Wide screen; Bonus features: trailers; Director of photography, Amin Jafari ; editors, Amir Etminan & Ashkan Mehri ; music, Payman Yazdanian; Pantea Panahiha, Hassan Madjouni, Rayan Sarlak, Amin Simiar N2 - It takes the tradition of the Iranian road-trip movie and adds unexpected twists and turns. It follows a family of four -- two middle-aged parents and their sons, one a taciturn adult, the other an ebullient six-year-old -- as they drive across the Iranian countryside. Throughout the trip, they bond over memories of the past, grapple with fears of the unknown, and fuss over their sick dog. Unspoken tensions arise and the film builds emotional momentum as it slowly reveals the furtive purpose of their journey. The result is a humanist drama that offers an authentic, raw, and deeply sincere observation of an Iranian family preparing to part with one of their own ER -