On Wheels

Mauro D'Addio

On Wheels” is a road movie, a coming of age drama, about Lucas, a 13-year-old boy, who is wheelchair bound after suffering an accident. Laís (12), a girl, helps her mother selling breakfast at a truck stop, in the small town where they live. Her dad is gone. Laís and Lucas become friends in school, and when she finds out where her father lives, the two set off on a trip. The movie was selected for Toronto TIFF.