2009 (John Hillcoat) R, 111 min
Starring: Charlize Theron, Molly Parker, Robert Duvall, Viggo Mortensen

The Road, based on Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name, recounts a father and son’s post-apocalyptic journey towards the coast. Over a period of several months, they travel across the remnants of the United States, which has been decimated by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed modern civilization and apparently most life on earth as well. The landscape is completely barren, everything has been pillaged and starvation is the main concern. Encountering anyone else on the journey poses a severe threat, as cannibalism is common. There are Oscar nomination rumors about Viggo Mortensen's performance as the father and also for newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee as the boy. Environmental author George Monbiot (The Guardian) describes this haunting story of survival as one that: "will change the way you see the world.”