‘Romería’ Review: A Budding Filmmaker Pursues Her Parents’ Obscured Past in Carla Simón’s Lovely, Pensive Coastal Voyage

‘Romería’ Review: Carla Simón’s Intensely Personal Autofiction Takes Her (and a Budding Young Filmmaker) to Galicia

Cannes: The Spanish filmmaker and her breakout star Llúcia Garcia chase biological destiny to Spain's Atlantic Coast in a coming-of-ager that looks gorgeous in DP Hélène Louvart's hands but doesn't always cohere emotionally.

Carla Simón's third film is in competition for the Golden Palm. He took us from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, in the footsteps of the past.

Spain's Carla Simón follows a young woman who investigates the youth of her parents who have been swept away by AIDS, a sober film inspired by her life.

Carla Simón’s ‘Romería’ Gets 11-Minute Ovation In Cannes Debut

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 from her own screenplay, here tells the story of  Marina (Llúcia Garcia), an 18-year-old who was orphaned at a young age, and must travel to Spain’s Atlantic coast to obtain a signature for a scholarship application from the paternal grandparents she ha…

By car, on a six-hour journey, with his boy and his midwife. This is how Carla Simón (Barcelona, 38 years old) physically arrived in Cannes. However, the film and vital road, which in his case are intricate to the heart, has been much longer. His first three films, to which should be added the short Letter to my mother for my son (2022), are an intimate and fictional journey to his own existence.

The director competes for the Palm de Oro in Cannes with her third film, a jewel with which she faces creative challenges and points to a stimulating future