El camino (2008 film)

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El camino
Directed by Erik S. Weigel
Written byErik S. Weigel
Salvatore Interlandi
Starring Elisabeth Moss
Leo Fitzpatrick
Christopher Denham
Richard Gallagher
Amy Hargreaves
Wes Studi
Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

El camino is a 2008 film starring Elisabeth Moss and is the directorial debut film by Erik S. Weigel [1] and written Weigel and Salvatore Interlandi.

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Plot

When Elliot is contacted by Matthew, a childhood friend dying from cancer, Elliot travels to be by Matthew's side. Elliot meets two of Matthew's friends, Lily and Gray, at the funeral. Lily, Gray and Elliot steal Matthew's ashes and set out on a cross country road trip to take them to be scattered in Mexico.

Critical reception

DVD Talk, "When a movie is slow and bad, it's boring. When a movie is slow and good, it's deliberately paced. "El Camino" is deliberately paced." [1]

Roger Ebert of RogerEbert.com , "“El Camino” is a pure American road movie, freed of the requirements of plot, requiring only a purpose and a destination." [2]

Moving Pictures magazine reviewed the film at the 2008 Cinequest Film Festival, stating, "Consequently, and comfortably, the film feels philosophical, a musing on where and what home means for different people at different times, a meandering of thoughts and a search for belonging... Weigel's work is a trip worth taking." [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Cornelius, David (July 14, 2009). "El Camino". DVD Talk.
  2. ↑ Ebert, Roger (January 14, 2009). "A road trip without all the usual obligatory stops". RogerEbert.com .
  3. ↑ Kotek, Elliot V. (2008). "El Camino". Moving Pictures . San Jose, California. Archived from the original on July 23, 2008.


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