Romería

Armed with her mother's diary, eighteen-year-old Marina travels to the western coast of Spain to visit the places where her parents once fell in love—people she never had the chance to know. Before she can find her bearings among a sea of unfamiliar relatives, secrets begin to surface, burning more intensely than the summer sun and salt spray. From fragmented and often contradictory memories, Marina pieces together an unexpected portrait of the fateful, destructive love between her mother and father.

Director Carla Simón returns to her own coming-of-age at the turn of the millennium with bittersweet tenderness and nostalgia. This partially autobiographical story about searching for one's roots earned enthusiastic acclaim in the Main Competition at the Cannes Film Festival.