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The Things We Drive Past Parent Casting

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The Father is a man in his early forties, driven by frustration he cannot name and emotions he never learned to control. He loves his family but expresses it through authority rather than tenderness. His anger flares quickly, not from cruelty but from a deep sense of helplessness and pride that has hardened over time. Every argument with his wife feels like a failure he cannot fix, so he raises his voice to fill the silence that scares him most. He is not a villain, but a man trapped inside his own repetition. The distance he creates is the same distance that isolates his son years later. Where the Mother bends to avoid breaking, he stiffens and snaps. His scenes are loud and raw, yet behind them lies a quiet truth: he fears being left behind just as much as his son does. The Father represents the past that the Boy spends the whole film trying not to become. Please be aware that I am a high-school-level director, so I am a minor.

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Gender Man
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Age 30-40
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Submission Due Date 12/07/2025

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Dad

The Things We Drive Past Parent Casting

- Man 30 - 40 Non Union Short Film 12/07/2025 Los Angeles

About the Job

The Father is a man in his early forties, driven by frustration he cannot name and emotions he never learned to control. He loves his family but expresses it through authority rather than tenderness. His anger flares quickly, not from cruelty but from a deep sense of helplessness and pride that has hardened over time. Every argument with his wife feels like a failure he cannot fix, so he raises his voice to fill the silence that scares him most. He is not a villain, but a man trapped inside his own repetition. The distance he creates is the same distance that isolates his son years later. Where the Mother bends to avoid breaking, he stiffens and snaps. His scenes are loud and raw, yet behind them lies a quiet truth: he fears being left behind just as much as his son does. The Father represents the past that the Boy spends the whole film trying not to become. Please be aware that I am a high-school-level director, so I am a minor.

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