Road to Santiago

Road to Santiago
Road to Santiago
	Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Al final del camino
Directed by	Roberto Santiago
Screenplay by	Javier Gullón ; Roberto Santiago;
Based on	an idea by Alan Smithee
Produced by	Gonzalo Salazar-Simpson; Ignacio Salazar-Simpson; Mercedes Gamero ; Tedy Villalba;
Starring	Malena Alterio ; Fernando Tejero ; Javier Gutiérrez ; Diego Peretti ; Javier Mora; Cristina Alcázar; Jorge Monje; Luis Callejo ; Alberto Jo Lee; Ma-Ame Valmeo; Irene Escolar ; Ana Milán ;
Cinematography	Juan A. Castaño
Edited by	Ángel Armada
Music by	Ana Villa; Juanjo Valmorisco;
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	8 April 2009;
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Last updated October 28, 2024 • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Road to Santiago (Spanish: Al final del camino, lit. 'At the end of the road') is a 2009 Spanish romantic comedy film directed by Roberto Santiago [ es ] from a screenplay co-written by Javier Gullón starring Malena Alterio and Fernando Tejero alongside Javier Gutiérrez.

Plot

Photographer Nacho and journalist Pilar feign to be a couple to investigate relationship guru Olmo while on the Way of St. James from Pedrafita do Cebreiro to Santiago de Compostela.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Malena Alterio as Pilar^[2]
Fernando Tejero as Nacho^[2]
Javier Gutiérrez as José^[2]
Diego Peretti as Olmo^[2]
Javier Mora [ es ] as Antonio^[2]
Cristina Alcázar [ es ] as Bea^[2]
Jorge Monje as Fran^[2]
Luis Callejo as Arturo^[2]
Alberto Jo Lee [ es ] as Kim^[2]
Ma-Anne Valmeo as Sum^[2]
Irene Escolar as Laura^[2]
Ana Milán as Inma^[2]

Production

The film is an Antena 3 Films, Lazona, and Zircozine production.^[3] Shooting locations in Galicia included the Monte do Gozo.^[1]

Release

The film was released theatrically in Spain by Warner Bros. Pictures on 8 April 2009 in 229 screens.^[4]

Reception

Javier Ocaña of El País lamented that the film fails at the management of the comic tempo, as if the whole were made for retarded (or downright deaf) viewers.^[5]

Àlex Montoya of Fotogramas wrote that despite wasting the possibilities of the guru portrayed by Diego Peretti, the film works and ends up becoming "a light and inoffensive amusement that will not go down in history but it does ensure a pleasant time".^[6]

Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 1 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "the most predictable and españolista comedy that not even Pajares and Esteso would have made".^[7]

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References

1 2 "'Al final del Camino' rueda sus últimas escenas en Galicia". El País . 2 July 2008.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Caviaro, Juan Luis (9 April 2009). "Estrenos de cine | 8 de abril | Dragonball, Cage, Tejero... y cine francés". Espinof.
↑ Maldivia, Beatriz (25 June 2008). "Fernando Tejero y Malena Alterio, juntos en 'Al final del camino', de Roberto Santiago". Espinof.
↑ "Case Study: Road to Santiago". Variety . 15 May 2009.
↑ Ocaña, Javier (8 April 2009). "La pista de Smithee". El País .
↑ Montoya, Àlex (2 April 2009). "Al final del camino". Fotogramas .
↑ Crespo, Irene (8 April 2009). "Al final del camino". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.

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[elpais-1] 1 2 "'Al final del Camino' rueda sus últimas escenas en Galicia". El País . 2 July 2008.

[espinof-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Caviaro, Juan Luis (9 April 2009). "Estrenos de cine | 8 de abril | Dragonball, Cage, Tejero... y cine francés". Espinof.

[3] Maldivia, Beatriz (25 June 2008). "Fernando Tejero y Malena Alterio, juntos en 'Al final del camino', de Roberto Santiago". Espinof.

[4] "Case Study: Road to Santiago". Variety . 15 May 2009.

[5] Ocaña, Javier (8 April 2009). "La pista de Smithee". El País .

[6] Montoya, Àlex (2 April 2009). "Al final del camino". Fotogramas .

[7] Crespo, Irene (8 April 2009). "Al final del camino". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.

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