Hit the Road Film Showing
The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Persian Film Series
Fall 2024
Hit the Road
Best Film Award Winner
65th London Film Festival
Directed by Panah Panahi (Iran, 2021)
In Persian with English subtitles
Hit the Road, Panah Panahi’s first film as director, tells a deeply melancholy, but simultaneously unexpectedly funny story. It focuses on a family heading to Iran’s northwestern border. As the others interact during their trip, the older son sits glum and brooding. As they travel across an arid desert landscape and then through the verdant valleys of the northwest, their destination and the purpose of their trip become clear.
Introduction and Discussion by
Farkhondeh Shayesteh
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Yale University
Wednesday, November 20, at 9:30am
HQ 107, 320 York Street