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No definitely not the Caminito del Rey. Not even closeIt was discussed here before, in particular asking about where on the Norte the images were filmed. Turns out often it was off Camino, and sometimes way off.
This inlcudes the scenes going up steps by the coast. It's San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, near Zarautz.
I think there are also scenes from the Camino del Rey, near Malaga, all the way in the south off Spain, walking on a narrow walkway along a cliff.
Read above, we sorted this out months ago, it is near Getaria, but not on the Camino. I emailed those who made the film and they explained. A few have been there since and reported back.No definitely not the Caminito del Rey. Not even close
That scene was in the Picos de Europa. I recognized it immediately.
Read above, we sorted this out months ago, it is near Getaria, but not on the Camino. I emailed those who made the film and they explained. A few have been there since and reported back.
Are there any female pilgrims involved in the film?
Yes, they were in the Picos.I thought the scenes with the cliff walking were in the Picos de Europa, in Asturias, on their way to (or from?) Covadonga.
It's also now streaming on Netflix in the US.But I haven't re-watched it yet.
This movie was discussed this winter. That is when I contacted the producers via their website to ask them where on the C. they had filmed.I wasn't referring to that scene. I was referring to the fact that they did not show any scenes from the Caminito del Rey.
Months ago? You posted this on July 3rd. This thread was started this month
To a rhetorical question, a rhetorical reply: no.Are there any female pilgrims involved in the film?
Are there any female pilgrims involved in the film?
To a rhetorical question, a rhetorical reply: no.
That was my reaction as well. My first thought was that it was 1:29 of my life I would never get back...I found it to be quite a strange film and didn't like it very much.
I think all of the best movies about the Camino are about what can happen via Camino. Yes, you could just have a movie about the Camino and not the experience: the places along it and the history. It would be like taking Gitlitz and Davidson's excellent book and turning it into a documentary. But it wouldn't capture the what to me is the essence of the Camino at all. It is what can happen to people who walk it that really defines what the Camino is all about - to me. That's my 2 cents.Bottom line...I believe that even though this is filmed 'on' Camino, it's not 'about' Camino. Appears to me that it's about what can happen, via Camino. My 2 cents.
Interestingly, as you post this I am re-watching a series of video blogs, one of the first set I watched about people walking the Camino. It follows a young, Irish vegan couple who are walking with their baby. They set off from SJPP on the first of January. So they are carrying winter weight clothes and all of the baby stuff, in addition to the baby himself, of course. (No stroller, he is carried in a front-facing baby carrier.) They don't have a big budget so they haven't bought fancy light tech clothes and equipment, just generally what they had to hand. His ordered boots didn't arrive in time so he set off in his light tai chi shoes. He is carrying all of the clothes and things for both of the adults and some for the baby on his back. She is carrying the baby on her front and, for about a third of the time, a small backpack with some of the baby's things on her back. For the other two thirds of the time he carries that in his front, as well, to give her a break.I like the young men in the movie and their motivation for walking.
I did not like how poorly prepared and equipped they were for walking the Camino. Packs look way too heavy, with too much stuff and the packs looked poorly set up. They definitely could have used a mentor with prior backpacking experience to help and advise them. Also, they did not look like they prepared physically for the walk, but their youth is what got them through.
I suppose it is not so much the size and weight of the backpacks the young men are carrying, but the way the packs hang on them and the way they are packed. Does not look ergonomic or efficient. I suppose I notice things like that too much because of backpacking I did when younger with my older brother and his friends, and they were very strict on how the backpacks were loaded etc. They would repack mine if they did not like the way it looked or balanced, and then there was my time in the military and the field packs we used. The better packed they were, the less misery you had. They were very heavy sometimes.Interestingly, as you post this I am re-watching a series of video blogs, one of the first set I watched about people walking the Camino. It follows a young, Irish vegan couple who are walking with their baby. They set off from SJPP on the first of January. So they are carrying winter weight clothes and all of the baby stuff, in addition to the baby himself, of course. (No stroller, he is carried in a front-facing baby carrier.) They don't have a big budget so they haven't bought fancy light tech clothes and equipment, just generally what they had to hand. His ordered boots didn't arrive in time so he set off in his light tai chi shoes. He is carrying all of the clothes and things for both of the adults and some for the baby on his back. She is carrying the baby on her front and, for about a third of the time, a small backpack with some of the baby's things on her back. For the other two thirds of the time he carries that in his front, as well, to give her a break.
At one point he weighs himself with and without load. Without load: 71 kg. With load: 101 kg.
Spoiler: They make it to Finisterre, walking the whole way. If you think the young men in the film had backpacks that were too heavy they have nothing on this guy!
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