Blind and Deaf - Walking The Camino

ACL said:

Sven who is deaf and blind has decided to go with the help of his assistants to the 800km long Way of St. James. He wants to prove he can do it to everyone, but Sven quickly comes to his physical and psychological limits. A bitter struggle for power, control and self-determination begins.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=686057691812447

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A Buen Camino .. the inner conflict is the hardest but Camino always provides strength to carry on .

If I could Sven tell there are so many smells on my last Camino. The ocean,the rain, the first flowers the sand, so many colors of feelings gentle wind, prickly wind swooping wind, wet winds. Sven it’s totally worth it. And in every Xunta Albergue there are rooms reserved. And the foods hm.

A belated response to a thread I’ve only just spotted, and long overdue thanks to the Irish Camino Society for screening this film in September. The trailer indicates that this is an antidote to the rose-tinted, or even rose-scented, experience of the Camino, but Sven’s grim determination made very grim viewing indeed. Although he achieved his goal, it was at considerable cost to himself and his companions. The audience response to the often joyless ordeal we had witnessed was stunned silence. It’s a disturbing documentary, which raises questions we would doubtless prefer not to answer. It’s also a salutary reminder that not all afflictions are susceptible to a quick, or even a slow, Camino fix.

I've not watched it yet. It is available as Video on Demand from the production company https://www.conkertreefilm.com/. Versions in German, English and barrier free (German). € 5.00.