EXCLUSIVE: Paul Hudson’s US company Outsider Pictures and UK/Ireland sales and releasing outfit Screenbound are among the international distributors that have acquired Yann Samuell’s Santiago: The Camino Therapy (Compostelle), from Paris-based sales outfit Ginger & Fed.
The French-language film is about a woman and a troubled teenage boy on the renowned Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail.
It has also sold to Australia (Limelight), Canada (A-Z Films), Italy (Officine UBU), Germany (Plaion), Switzerland (Praesens), Poland (Rafael Films), Benelux (Case Depart), Hong Kong (Intercontinental), Taiwan (Swallow Wings), South Korea (The Coup Corp.), Israel (New Cinema), and airlines (Eagle).
Apollo Films is releasing the film theatrically in France today (April 1) on some 600 screens, one of the widest releases for a film this year in France. It had already sold 117,000 tickets in advance screenings.
Santiago: The Camino Therapy (Compostelle) is based on a true story about a directionless teenager and a tough, outspoken woman who end up walking 800 kilometres on the Camino de Santiago, also known as the Pilgrimage of Compostela, that turns out to be a life-changing journey for both of them.
Alexandra Lamy and newcomer Julien Le Berre star in the film produced by France’s Eveya Productions and Page Films, which shot last year in France’s Auverge-Rhônes-Alpes region and in Spain’s Santiago de Compostela. It is based on Bernard Olivier’s book Walk And Forge Your Life.
“The film has connected so strongly [with distributors] because it speaks to some of today’s deepest aspirations: slowing down, reconnecting with nature, healing, and finding meaning beyond the noise of modern life,” said Ginger & Fed founder and president Sabine Chemaly.
“But it also carries a powerful social dimension, showing how trust, care and a second chance can help teenagers in conflict with society or their families find their way again.”
Samuell has directed several films, including 2003’s Love Me If You Dare starring Guillaume Canet and Marion Cotillard and 2011’s 1960s-set War Of The Buttons and most recently 2022’s The Lulus set during World War One.
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