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After he’s kicked out of his Indiana high school, an American kid and his Lebanese mom hit the road west.
+ MoreAfter he’s kicked out of his Indiana high school, an American kid and his Lebanese mom hit the road west.
Ramzi Bashour’s lyrical debut feature is a rippling reflection on westward motion. Expansive landscapes literally and narratively unfurl epic canvases large enough to hold this duo’s dual exploration of home. Lubna Azabal (Strangers, 2008 Sundance Film Festival) and Daniel Zolghadri (Lurker, 2025 Sundance Film Festival) deliver remarkably connected central performances and are joined by Festival familiar Dale Dickey (Winter’s Bone, 2010 Sundance Film Festival). A personal story tracing the impact of a longitudinal experience of this country — its variety and the unusual circumstances under which any person traverses it — grapples with definitions of home, histories of diaspora, and the disruptive but good work of education. An allegory about the way forward motion often leads to return, Hot Water brings beginnings and endings into insightful alignment. — AC
The following film contains mature content and is not recommended for audiences 17 and under.
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Ramzi Bashour
Ramzi Bashour
Jesse Hope
Max Walker-Silverman
Josh Peters
10mK
Spark Features
The Sakana Foundation
Cinereach
MacPac Entertainment
Further Adventures
Liucrative Media
Morning Moon Productions
Northwood Pictures
Adam Wyatt Tate
Nathan Harrison
Nicole Townsend
Vesta Tuckute
Alfonso Herrera Salcedo
Ann Goulder
Mollie Goldstein, ACE
Juliana Barreto Barreto
Stine Dahlman
Javier Umpierrez
Ramzi Bashour
James Elkington
Lubna Azabal
Daniel Zolghadri
Dale Dickey
Gabe Fazio
Jesse Hope
hot.water.inc.film@gmail.com
Ramzi Bashour is a Syrian American filmmaker based in New York. He grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, studied creative writing and music at Indiana University, and received his MFA from NYU Graduate Film. Hot Water is his first feature film as writer-director.
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