Family Drama ‘On Wheels’ Spins to Digital, VOD Jan. 21

Lucas, a 13-year-old boy, is wheelchair bound after suffering an accident. Laís, a 12-year-old girl, helps her mother selling breakfast at a truck stop, in the small town where they live. The girl would love to meet her father, a truck driver who left when she was a child and never returned. Laís and Lucas become friends in school, and when she finds out where her father lives, the two set off on a trip.

Directed by: Mauro D’Addio
Starring: Lara Boldorini, Cauã Martins, Marcio Mogno, Georgina Castro, Simone Iliescu
Written by: Mauro D’Addio
Rating: NR
Running time: 72 minutes
Genre: Drama
Year: 2016
Country: Brazil
Studio: Music Box Films
Website: https://www.musicboxfilms.com/film/on-wheels/

Thirteen-year-old Lucas has just returned to school after an accident left him in a wheelchair. He’s feeling uncomfortable and out of place at school, so to raise his spirits, his parents give him a motorized wheelchair as a birthday present. Lucas is disinterested at first, but as a new friendship with his classmate Laís grows, he begins to see the benefits of his new chair as she rides her bicycle alongside him. Laís has never met her father, and when she learns of his possible whereabouts, she and Lucas set off to find him. Facing the open road with only each other to lean on, and encountering various obstacles along the way, the two embark on an epic journey in this warm and heartfelt adventure for the whole family.