Title: Hit the road
Directed By: Panah Panahi
Screenplay: Panah Panahi
Photography: Amin Jafari
Editor: Amir Etminan & Ashkan Mehri
Music: payman Yazdanian
Cast: Hassan Madjouni, Pantea Panahiha, Rayan Sarlak, Amin Simiar
Production: JP Productions
Distribution: Celluloid Dreams
Country: Iran
Year: 2022
Runtime: 93’
Festivals: Cannes Film Festival 2021
Awards: Best Film London Film Festival 2021,
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.
Panah Panahi
Panah Panahi was born in Tehran in 1984 and studied cinema at the Tehran University of Art. While attending, he directed his first short film which went on to participate in and win awards at many domestic and international film festivals. At that time, Panah also served as a member of the jury at Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema. Later, Panah became a set photographer, working professionally on several films, then moving into the roles of assistant cinematographer and assistant director. Eventually Panah acted as a consultant, editor and assistant director on Jafar Panahi’s most recent films.