Movie?

[xin loi]

Several German women told us about a French movie about the Camino. They said it is a comedy about ten years old. Story is about a guy dying who has acWill that requires his children to walk the Camino. One woman said the title is French for Beginners. The other woman said the title is Pilgrims Walking. Both said the movie is very good. Can not find anything on web. Anyone know what movie they are talking about?

 

[mspath]

Saint-Jacques ...La Mecque is both a French novel by Coline Serreau published 2005 by Flammarion and a later movie. You can buy the book and the movie version on Amazon. Basically this is the story of four adult siblings, three men and one woman, who do not get along and who must walk the Le Puy camino in order to receive their inheritance. Additionally it is a story of whom they meet on their journey and how everyone changes along the way.

You will enjoy their journey,

Margaret Meredith

 

[Felipe]

There are some fragments available in youtube -look for them by the name in French. It was renamed "Peregrinos" in Spanish.
I recognized some places, as Le Puy, Moissac, Saint Jean Pied de Port, Roncesvalles, Canal de Castilla, Carrión, the "bar Cowboy", Cruz de Ferro, Monte do Gozo, and obviously Santiago. Tomas de Manjarín makes a very short cameo. The director evidently had firsthand experience or a good advisor, because some scenes sound authentic (as new pilgrims throwing away shampoos, creams, etc., after a few days of walking...
I enjoyed it.

 

[mspath]

Another atmospheric and fantastic camino movie is Luis Bunuel's famous (and infamous) 1969 film The Milky Way/La Voie Lactée which depicts two French pilgrims walking back through historic time along the camino.


Margaret Meredith

 

[Kanga]

I second "Saint Jacques...La Mecque". Great fun.

 

[Stephen]

I'm reminded of an old British comedy film, Laughter in Paradise, where people have to do things totally out of character to gain an inheritance.

 

[Margaret Butterworth]

Saint-Jacques ...La Mecque is both a French novel by Coline Serreau published 2005 by Flammarion and a later movie. You can buy the book and the movie version on Amazon. Basically this is the story of four adult siblings, three men and one woman, who do not get along and who must walk the Le Puy camino in order to receive their inheritance. Additionally it is a story of whom they meet on their journey and how everyone changes along the way.

You will enjoy their journey,

Margaret Meredith

Are there English subtitles on the DVD?

M.

 

[Steeltown Pilgrim]

Yes, an excellent film, one that I much prefer over "The Way".

 

[Carol06]

I ordered it from Amazon yesterday.