A road trip where paradise keeps slipping through your fingers—and your daughter keeps running.
Daniel is on a road trip through the American West with his teenage daughter Artis. They live in a golden bubble: camping and enjoying the landscape. But whenever people approach them, Artis runs od, leaving Daniel anxiously searching for her.
Cinematography
The West becomes a character—gorgeous and vaguely threatening.
Acting
Groenendaal's panic barely contained beneath dad-joke cheer.
Direction
van Ewijk weaponizes negative space and silence.
Director
Jan-Willem van Ewijk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 83-minute runtime is deliberate—van Ewijk wanted audiences to feel the trip was longer for Daniel than the clock suggests.
Artis Wouters was cast after the director spotted her in a Brussels skate park; her actual reticence shaped the character.
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