‘Hit the Road’: An Iranian road trip tragicomedy

Angela Mathew | Monday, September 5, 2022

The star of Panah Panahi’s “Hit the Road” is the family’s young son, played by Rayan Sarlak. His annoying antics and entertaining quips keep this slow, meditative story about a family’s separation moving forward. Although a lot of the details of the situation in this Iranian film are kept intentionally vague, it follows a family: