Road to Santiago explained

Native Name:
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Director:Roberto Santiago
Cinematography:Juan A. Castaño
Editing:Ángel Armada
Distributor:Warner Bros. Pictures
Country:Spain
Language:Spanish

Road to Santiago (es|'''Al final del camino'''|translation=At the end of the road|links=no) is a 2009 Spanish romantic comedy film directed by from a screenplay co-written by Javier Gullón starring Malena Alterio and Fernando Tejero alongside Javier Gutiérrez.

Plot

Photographer Nacho and journalist Pilar feign to be a couple to investigate relationship guru Olmo while on the Way of St. James from Pedrafita do Cebreiro to Santiago de Compostela.[1]

Production

The film is an Antena 3 Films, Lazona, and Zircozine production.[2] Shooting locations in Galicia included the Monte do Gozo.

Release

The film was released theatrically in Spain by Warner Bros. Pictures on 8 April 2009 in 229 screens.[3]

Reception

Javier Ocaña of El País lamented that the film fails at the management of the comic tempo, as if the whole were made for retarded (or downright deaf) viewers.[4]

Àlex Montoya of Fotogramas wrote that despite wasting the possibilities of the guru portrayed by Diego Peretti, the film works and ends up becoming "a light and inoffensive amusement that will not go down in history but it does ensure a pleasant time".[5]

Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 1 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "the most predictable and Spanish; Castilian: españolista comedy that not even Pajares and Esteso would have made".[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Al final del Camino' rueda sus últimas escenas en Galicia. El País. 2 July 2008.
  2. Web site: Espinof. Fernando Tejero y Malena Alterio, juntos en 'Al final del camino', de Roberto Santiago. 25 June 2008. Beatriz. Maldivia.
  3. Web site: Case Study: Road to Santiago. Variety. 15 May 2009.
  4. Web site: El País. La pista de Smithee. Javier. Ocaña. 8 April 2009. Javier Ocaña.
  5. Web site: Fotogramas. 2 April 2009. Àlex. Montoya. Al final del camino.
  6. Web site: Cinemanía. 20minutos.es. Al final del camino. 8 April 2009. Irene. Crespo.