Romería
TO FIND HERSELF, SHE MUST FIRST FIND THEM.
With her mother's diary in hand, Marina's search for official documents for university leads her to her biological family on the Atlantic coast. What starts as an administrative quest reveals long-buried family secrets.
Premiering in competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, the third feature from Spanish filmmaker Carla Simón continues the semi-autobiographical approach of her Golden Bear-winning "Alcarràs" and her debut "Summer 1993." Set in 2004, it follows an eighteen-year-old orphan who travels to the Galician coast to meet her father's family for the first time, and finds herself unearthing the truth about his death with her mother's diary in hand. A sensory, time-slipping meditation on grief, loss and the ties that bind, it casts a spell that lingers long after the screen fades to black.
Languages: Spanish, French, and Catalan. English subtitles available for the full film. Subtitles are burnt in and cannot be turned off.