500 Miles begins with a child’s instinctive response to a family falling apart by running, keeping your brother close and finding the one adult who might still make things right. What follows is a gentle but aching road movie that carries two boys from England to Ireland using the physical journey to explore something more fragile: the fear of being separated, the need to belong and the hope that a damaged family can still find its way back to itself.There is a familiar kind of film where two children run away, the adults panic, and the journey becomes a way…
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