The open road can inspire new perspectives and lead to unexpected destinations. Whether the characters are behind the wheel or on the side of the highway, these stories will take you places.
Emily is on the road to the sea in a car she can’t drive, so she picks up drivers to get her there: it’s reverse hitchhiking. Along the way, she meets a father, a brother, a lover, a mother, reminiscent of her past and through whom she’ll start to laugh, sleep, sing, love once again.
Pregnant and in labor, a teenager decides to buy a new car to take her to the hospital and finally take control of her own life. Based on a true story originally told on This American Life .
The prim Maren conducts tours for mainly docile, elderly customers. One day, she finds her estranged, unpredictable brother occupying a seat on the bus before a trip to Bordeaux.