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Nine-year-old Ella (Molly Belle Wright) is gently woken at dawn by her dad (John Magaro, Köln 75). “Imagine what you would grab if there were a fire,” he says. She takes a framed picture of mom, some books, gets the dog in the car along with her younger brother Charlie. And they hit the road, heading she knows not where, or why, but sensing their lives will not the same again.

Cole Webley’s film is really just a fragment of a story, yet it unfolds with such authenticity it lands with an emotional wallop. It’s a road movie, photographed with graceful lyricism by Paul Meyers, and cut close to the bone, like a Raymond Carver short story. You will be moved.

Intimate in its scope, yet emotionally monumental.

Carlos Aguilar, Variety

A model of tone, concision, and emotional and psychological insight, led by a staggering performance from John Magara and an equally moving one from pint-sized co-star Molly Belle Wright.

Nick Schager, The Daily Beast

Director

Cole Webley

Cast

John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, Wyatt Solis, Talia Balsam

Credits
Country of Origin

USA

Year

2025

Language

English

19+
84 min

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Credits

Executive Producer

Russ Kendall, Adam Thomas Anderegg, Micah W. Merrill, Nicholas Hill, Nick Warner

Producer

Preston Lee

Co-Producer

John Foss, Scott James

Screenwriter

Robert Machoian

Cinematography

Paul Meyers

Editor

Jai Shukla

Original Music

Christopher Bear

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