Cannes: Oliver Laxe's 'Sirat' Sells Wide Internationally ‘Romería' Review: Carla Simón Dives Deep Into Painful Family History in an Act of Reclamation That's Equal Parts Shimmering and Meandering ...

‘Romería’ Review: A Budding Filmmaker Pursues Her Parents’ Obscured Past in Carla Simón’s Lovely, Pensive Coastal Voyage Reviewed at Cannes Film Festival (Competition), May 22, 2025.

Spanish filmmaker Carla Simón made her debut in the Cannes Film Festival competition on Wednesday afternoon, world premiering her latest work, Romería, to an 11-minute ovation. Simón, directing ...

“Romería” is a personal film for Simón, as it follows an orphaned young woman who travels to the Spanish city of Vigo looking for more information about her biological father, who died of AIDS.

Romería glows with warmth, but so many hints at not very much makes the process of storytelling feel as heavy as wet sand. Simón reaches a kind of point, but she certainly takes the long way round.

Romería - Full Cast & Crew 75 Metascore 2025 1 hr 54 mins Documentary, Drama Watchlist Where to Watch ...

Virgen de los Ángeles Day, celebrated annually on August 2, honors Costa Rica’s patron saint. Costa Rican Catholics — and faithful from across the world — complete the romería to give thanks to and ...

The Romería of the Virgin of Zapopan starts before dawn and travels five miles from the Guadalajara Cathedral to the Basilica of Zapopan. A romería is a short-distance, annual Roman Catholic ...

The Catalan writer-director sends an alter ego to the Atlantic coast to meet paternal relatives and fill in gaps about the parents who died when she was a child.

Spanish filmmaker Carla Simón made her debut in the Cannes Film Festival competition on Wednesday afternoon, world premiering her latest work, Romería, to an 11-minute ovation. Simón, directing ...