THE RUNAWAY

By Nick DERUVE

BENETONE FILMS - as SALES All rights, World / PROD

Thriller - Completed 2016

An old fugitive, finally discovered by the law, reflects on his younger years of excitement, adventure, and heartbreak.

Festivals
& Awards

Orlando Film Festival 2015
Won - Best Screenplay
Orlando Film Festival 2015
Nominated - Best Picture
Big House Los Angeles 2015
Won - Best Director
Big House Los Angeles 2015
Won - Best Screenplay
Big House Los Angeles 2015
Won - Best Cinematography
Big House Los Angeles 2015
Won - Best Ensemble Cast
Orlando Film Festival 2015
Won - Best Performance
Big House Los Angeles 2015
Won - Best Lead Actor
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Thriller, Western
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 93 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Nick DERUVE
    • Writer(s)
    • Nick DERUVE
    • Producer(s)
    • Daemon HILLIN (BENETONE FILMS), Nick DERUVE (Read Between The Lines), Kulthep NARULA (BENETONE FILMS), Rachvin NARULA (BENETONE FILMS)
    • Synopsis
    • Jon Chryst, now 60, has been an outlaw for his entire adult life. After 30 years in isolation, the law has finally caught up to him. As he makes a final attempt to escape with his life, Jon reflects on the events that led him here. Jon's life begins on a farm in a seemingly wholesome Christian family. When Jon is 14, tragedy strikes, forcing him to flee his home and begin his life on the run. Shortly thereafter, Jon encounters Morris, a fellow outcast who takes Jon in and raises him like a son. For several years, Morris teaches Jon the necessities of adulthood- how to hunt, how to build, and how to rob small businesses. Their partnership ends abruptly, and Jon uses his new skills to pursue a life of crime. Over nearly a decade, Jon develops a powerful notoriety for his criminal activity. But everything changes when he meets Cat Donovan. Jon gives up his lifestyle and adopts a new identity to be with her. He proves his worth and is accepted into the Donovan family, leaving his loneliness behind. It almost looks like a happy ending for Jon Chryst, but he cannot escape the law forever.