On the Road

Following the death of his father, struggling young writer Sal Paradise embarks upon a journey across America with his friend and hero, Dean Moriarty, traveler and mystic, the living epitome of beat. Based on Jack Kerrouac's classic novel.

Keywords

  • Best Novels Adaptation (home)
  • Cannes: En compétition
  • Cinéart: 50 Years of Great Cinema
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Road movies
  • Summer Vibes: Movies that feel like summer
  • Summertime Movies
  • alcohol
  • drugs
  • friendship
  • relationship
  • seduction

Actors

  • Sam Riley
  • Garrett Hedlund
  • Kristen Stewart
  • Danny Morgan
  • Elisabeth Moss
  • Kirsten Dunst
  • Sarah Allen
  • Amy Adams
  • Alice Braga
  • Tom Sturridge
  • Ximena Adriana
  • Viggo Mortensen
  • Steve Buscemi

Director

  • Walter Salles

Drama

2h 17min

-12

EN

NL

FR

Germany
Netherlands
France
Mexico
United States
Argentina
Brazil
2012
Young writer Sal Paradise has his life shaken by the arrival of free-spirited Dean Moriarty and his girl, Marylou.

Young writer Sal Paradise has his life shaken by the arrival of free-spirited Dean Moriarty and his girl, Marylou.


Following the death of his father, struggling young writer Sal Paradise embarks upon a journey across America with his friend and hero, Dean Moriarty, traveler and mystic, the living epitome of beat.


Based on Jack Kerrouac's classic novel.

Festivals

Cast & Crew