Sometimes the end is just the beginning

When We Get There

After their mother’s death, two brothers take a cross-country drive to meet the father they’ve never known. Along the way, grief lingers, love shifts, and adulthood quietly begins to take shape.Watch the official theatrical screening at Landmark Midtown in Atlanta, GA on March 9th, 2026.

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The heart of the journey

A coming-of-age quietly

“When We Get There” is a warm, intimate road-trip dramedy about the quiet moments that shape us. Set between long drives and unfinished conversations, it explores grief, shifting relationships, and the uncertain space between who you were and who you’re becoming.

How it feels

Warm, bittersweet, hopeful

Quietly moving and deeply relatable, the film invites audiences to slow down and sit inside moments that might otherwise pass unnoticed. Meaning emerges through glances, pauses, and conversations that don’t always reach conclusions. With gentle humor and emotional restraint, it offers a sense of recognition—reminding us that uncertainty isn’t something to fix, but something we all move through.

Marcus

Played by Alfred Molina

Ellie’s sharp-tongued, fiercely protective father. Recently retired, proudly Italian-curious, and intimidating on the surface, but deeply caring when it counts.

Bob

Played by William Katt

A gentle, music-loving road wanderer facing mortality with grace. Warm, open-hearted, and quietly wise, Bob meets life’s hardest moments with humor and song.

Florence

Played by Mindy Sterling

A free spirit who chooses joy over despair. Florence meets grief with humor, love, and moonlit howls, embracing life fully, loudly, and without apology.

Cal

Played by Chris Heeder

A recent college graduate trying to hold himself together while everything shifts beneath him. Thoughtful, guarded, and learning how to sit with uncertainty.

Ty

Played by Alek Kristopher

Cal’s younger brother. Restless, sharp, and emotionally exposed, Ty processes grief outwardly, pushing against silence even when it costs him.

Ellie

Played by Jamie Lien

Cal’s girlfriend and an emotional counterweight on the journey. Her presence brings warmth, friction, and a mirror to how love changes when the future feels unstable.

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