“Romería” is the Spanish word for pilgrimage, ostensibly a clear and apt title for the third feature by writer-director Carla Simón. Based on travels the filmmaker herself undertook as a ...

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.

“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.

The selection of “Romería” and “Sirat” at Cannes isn’t an outlier. It is a manifestation of a rich, deliberate evolution within Catalan cinema, one that values artistic ambition and ...

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Romería is her first time in Competition at Cannes. Like her previous work, the film is inspired by her own life story and follows a young girl who travels to Galicia to meet her biological ...

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 ...