Trainhopper

A quiet, hypnotic drift through landscapes and memory, heavy with loneliness and the ache of running from grief.

Directed by

Tristan Bouan

Genres

Drama

Starring

Alonzo Saxton II, Ellie Barone, Ray Dooley

Tagline

Attachment is the root of all suffering.

Overview

After years of riding freight trains across America to outrun tragedy, a young drifter must settle in Durham for a filmmaking project that challenges his freedom and forces him to confront the past he tried to bury. Trainhopper is a hypnotic coming-of-age road film blending documentary realism with poetic storytelling — capturing the beauty and loneliness of a life lived in motion.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, bleak and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Grief, isolation, identity, coming-of-age

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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