On Our Way (film)

On Our Way
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Directed by	Sophie Lane Curtis
Screenplay by	Sophie Lane Curtis
Produced by	Siena Oberman John Reyes Doyle Julio Lopez Velasquez Heliya Alam Andrea Bucko Kyle Stroud Adam G. Simon Joe Barbagallo Alex Safdie
Starring	Micheál Richardson Jordana Brewster Ruby Modine Vanessa Redgrave
Cinematography	Alex Salahi
Edited by	Alex Safdie
Music by	Jonathan Sanford
Production companies	BarBHouse Productions Artemis Pictures Tomorrowland Productions SugarRush Pictures Commonwealth Pictures
Distributed by	Gravitas Ventures
Release date	18 November 2021 (2021-11-18) (Tallinn)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

On Our Way is a 2021 American romantic drama film written and directed by Sophie Lane Curtis in her feature length debut. Starring Micheál Richardson, Jordana Brewster, Ruby Modine, and Vanessa Redgrave. The film had a limited theatrical release and became available on-demand on May 19, 2023 via Gravitas Ventures.

Synopsis

A young filmmaker Henry, (Richardson) is struggling with his latest script, which concerns the loss of the love of his life Rosemary, (Curtis).^[1]

Cast

• Micheál Richardson as Henry Richardson
• Jordana Brewster as Ruby Richardson
• Ruby Modine as Lily
• Vanessa Redgrave
• James Badge Dale
• Paul Ben-Victor as Mr. Alder
• Franco Nero
• Sophie Lane Curtis as Rosemary Curtis
• Keith Powers as David Adler
• Daisy Bevan as Henry's mother

Production

Writing on her personal Instagram page, writer and director Sophie Lane Curtis said that she started work on the project when she was twenty two years-old.^[2] The film is produced by Siena Oberman of Artemis Pictures with John Reyes Doyle and Julio Lopez Velasquez of Tomorrowland Productions, and Heliya Alam, Andrea Bucko of SugarRush Pictures, and Kyle Stroud of Carte Blanche alongside Adam G. Simon, Joe Barbagallo of BarBHouse Productions and Alex Safdie of Commonwealth Pictures. Micheál Richardson, Keith Powers, James Badge Dale, and Jordana Brewster were revealed to be cast in October 2020 with principal photography taking place that autumn, in New York.^[3] Filming also took place in the South of France. Gravitas Ventures were revealed to have acquired worldwide rights in March 2023.^[4]

Release

On Our Way premiered internationally at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in 2021.^[5]

Reception

Ben Dalton, international reporter for Screen Daily, placed the film at number one of his list of films of 2021.^[6]

Awards

At the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival on the island of Ischia, in Campania, Italy, in July 2022 the film won the best Breakout Director of the year award for Curtis and the Rising Star award for Richardson.^[7][8][9]

References

1. "On our way". poff.ee. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
2. "Soohie Lane Curtis (personal page)". Instagram. March 22, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
3. Kroll, Justin (October 29, 2020). "Micheàl Richardson, Keith Powers, James Badge Dale And Jordana Brewster To Star In Indie 'On Our Way'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
4. Complex, Valerie (March 22, 2023). "Gravitas Ventures Acquires Sophie Lane Curtis Drama 'On Our Way' Starring Micheál Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave And Jordana Brewster". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
5. Grierson, Tim (November 21, 2021). "'On Our Way': Tallinn Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
6. "Team Screen's best films of 2021". Screen Daily. December 26, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
7. "Bocelli and Richardson 'Golden boys' at Ischia Global". ansa.it. July 2, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
8. "Irish actor Micheal Richardson received 2022 "Ischia Rising Star Award"". Ischia Global Film & Music Festival. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
9. "2022 Awards". Ischia Global Film & Music Festival. July 21, 2022. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2023.

External links

• On Our Way at IMDb