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With her mother's diary in hand, Marina's search for official documents for university leads her to her biological family on the Atlantic coast. What starts as an administrative quest reveals long-buried family secrets. (NR, 112 min.)
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A beautifully rendered autobiographical tale, Romería is celebrated Spanish director Carla Simón's touching portrait of family origins. In a bravura performance, Llúcia Garcia stars as 18 year-old Marina, who travels to the glittering seaside town of Vigo determined to uncover information on her father. Gradually tracking down his siblings, she slowly learns uncomfortable secrets about her parents’ unconventional life and turbulent past. Beyond a tour de force coming of age story, Romería offers a moving, trenchant investigation on how family connections form new identities. [Variance]
Starring: Llúcia Garcia, Mitch Martín, Tristán Ulloa, Miryam Gallego
Director: Carla Simón
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
Genre: Family Drama, Romance
"Romería is an elegant, visually poetic film."
— David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
"This is a pilgrimage well worth taking for film lovers."
— Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com
"An emotional, clear, politically timely and euphorically moving film."
— Luis Martínez, El Mundo (Spain)
"ROMERÍA is a visually stunning exploration of grief and intergenerational silence."
— Andrea Schmidt, MovieJawn
"Unfolding in an idyllic location and beautifully shot, Romería takes a ravishing look at tumultuous times."
— Emma Simmonds, Radio Times
"'Romería' is a vibrant film about all the scandals, divides, and connections that can be contained within families."
— Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com
"A poignant coming-of-age drama about family, fate, falsehoods, memories, misinformation, deceit, shame—and the sea."
— Neil Pond, Parade Magazine
"As in her previous features, Simón’s filmmaking is warmly tactile and attuned to both human movement and geographic texture."
— Guy Lodge, Variety
"This trek through emotionally rocky territory is a solitary mission, and Marina’s navigation of it gives Romería its quiet, restorative power."
— Stephanie Zacharek, TIME Magazine
"Simón has done it again — made a marvel of a movie, that is, and one so teeming with insight and spirit that its personal ties are always evident."
— Sarah Ward, AWFJ.org
"Steeped in stigma that comes back to haunt the children of imperfect parents and Catholic guilt, Romería is a solidly constructed journey for the truth."
— Andrew Parker, The Gate
"Skillfully blending a coming-of-age drama with a haunting family mystery, this evocative autobiographical saga is deliberately paced yet quietly powerful."
— Todd Jorgenson, Cinemalogue
"What were our parents like before we were born? What was it like for them to be people just like us? It is at the centre of this distinctive, intelligent, sympathetic drama."
— Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
"A roméria can mean a fiesta or a pilgrimage and this joyous and melancholic journey partakes of both. It has a magnetic lead in Garcia: her quizzical alertness radiates throughout."
— Jonathan Romney, Financial Times
"Carla Simón’s story of a young woman untangling a web of family secrets cements the Galician filmmaker’s aptitude for naturalism while also marking a bold new step towards magical realism."
— Sophia Satchell Baeza, Sight & Sound
"A cinematic circle begins to shape itself, where Simón and Saura, a significant influence on her work, connect with reverence, adding an equally touching and saddening splendor that is easy to be moved by."
— Hector A. Gonzalez, InSession Film
"Simón’s mum’s teenage letters home become Marina’s mum’s diary, a precious record of a lost era also caught in photos showing heedless Eighties hope following four decades of dictatorship, the same violent, sexy explosion which propelled Almodóvar."
— Nick Hasted, The Arts Desk
