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The Long Haul

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The Long Haul

The Long Haul

direction David Drake

USA, United Kingdom 2026 Fiction Cor 91 min.

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A veteran truck driver in her seventies, CJ is one of the last independent owner-operators in a rapidly disappearing, male-dominated industry. A lifetime on the road has left her a life built on motion, solitude and distance, as she rarely stays anywhere for long and often sleeps in her truck. Her only steady connection is Buck, a fellow trucker she has never met in person, whose voice over the radio travels the miles with her. Then two things shift her course: contact with a new generation of self-promoting, online-savvy drivers, and a new letter from the parole board that she had long refused to open. This time, she finally opens it. Faced with it, CJ does what she has always done and gets back on the road. But as her way of life begins to crack, she can no longer outrun what she left behind.

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technical sheet

direction

David Drake

screenplay

David Drake

cinematography

Mika Altskan

editing

Sarah Brewerton

sound design

Ines Adriana

music

Chris Roe

production design

Lorus Allen

cast

Margo Martindale, Cole Sprouse, Stephen Root, Yalitza Aparicio, Wes Studi

production

Sam Bank, Hélène Sifre, Juliet Berman

produced by

Braintrust Productions, Spiral Stairs Entertainment

world sales

Global Constellation

galeria

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