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Section: International competition of feature films for youth
The Road Within (2015)
After his mother's death, Vincent, a teenager with Tourette's syndrome, is sent to a facility in Nevada. There he meets Alex, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, and Mary, who is recovering from anorexia. After an incident, Vincent and Marie are called to the office of the director, Dr. Rose, and they steal her car keys. Alex witnesses their escape and tries to warn the director, so the runaways are forced to take him with them involuntarily. All three then head toward the ocean, where Vincent wants to scatter his mother's ashes. On their heels are Dr. Rose and Vincent's father. Near the end of their journey Marie collapses and is hospitalized. She persuades Vincent to run off together with her.
| Country | U.S.A. |
|---|---|
| Year | 2015 |
| Duration | 101 min |
| Rating | 15 |
| Language | English |
| Subtitle | Czech |
| Directed by | Gren Wells |
| Screenplay | Gren Wells |
| Director of Photography | Christopher Baffa |
| Music | John Debney |
| Edited by | Terel Gibson |
| Contact | Brent Emery |
Biography
Gren Wells is an American actress, screenwriter and director. She graduated from the Manhattanville art school in New York. She has acted in several independent films and after moving to Los Angeles she began working as a stand-up comic and wrote her first screenplay for the feature film A Little Bit of Heaven (2011), a Hollywood production. She made her directorial debut with the feature film The Road Within (2014), based on her own screenplay.