Sebastian Schipper’s latest drama is a road movie that becomes a border movie. Roads opens with two teens, in Morocco, in extraordinarily different predicaments: Gyllen (Fionn Whitehead) has stolen his step-dad’s RV and plans to escape family vacation by making his way to his real father in France; William (Stéphane Bak) has come to Morocco by way of the Congo, hoping to reach Europe, where his brother is in trouble. The two trust each other immediately, sharing a sense of optimism for their near-impossible journey.
