Running on Empty
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1988 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Sidney Lumet |
| Cast | River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch, Martha Plimpton |
| Genre | Coming-of-age drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Running on Empty | – |
| Español | Un lugar en ninguna parte | Un lugar en ninguna parte |
| Français | À bout de course | A bout de course |
| Deutsch | Die Flucht ins Ungewisse | Die Flucht ins Ungewisse |
| Português | O Peso de um Passado | O Peso de um Passado |
| Italiano | Vivere in fuga | Vivere in fuga |
| Русский | Бег на месте | Beg na meste |
| 中文（简体） | 空空如也 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 空空如也 | – |
| 한국어 | 허공에의 질주 | Heogongeui jilju |
| ไทย | Running on Empty | Running on Empty |
| Tiếng Việt | Running on Empty | Running on Empty |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Running on Empty | Running on Empty |
| 日本語 | 旅立ちの時 | Tabidachi no toki |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which inherited fugitive life and individual future collide within a family bound by political consequence.
■ Synopsis
A teenage boy raised by fugitive parents must choose between loyalty to his family and the possibility of his own life.
■ RECIPE Tags
#InheritedBurden #FamilyLoyalty #SelfDeparture #PoliticalConsequence #ChosenFuture
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Life inherited from parental choices
Reason: The child’s identity is shaped by consequences created before he could choose.
Related Film: The Mosquito Coast - Middle: Loyalty against selfhood
Reason: Love for family becomes inseparable from the pressure to sacrifice one’s own future.
Related Film: Ordinary People - Core: Departure as moral necessity
Reason: Separation becomes not betrayal but the only way for the next generation to live truthfully.
Related Film: Boyhood
■ Secondary Axes
- Fugitive family as enclosure: Movement appears free, yet the family structure traps the child inside the past.
Related Film: Captain Fantastic - Youth future against adult history: A young life must separate from unresolved adult guilt to become its own form.
Related Film: Good Will Hunting
■ Person
- Director: Sidney Lumet
- Cast: River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch, Martha Plimpton
■ Structural Tags
#InheritedConsequence #LoyaltyConflict #DepartureStructure
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedStates #1988Film #ComingOfAgeDrama
