Camino 2008
- Director: Javier Fesser
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Nereo Comacho, Carme Elias, Mariano Venancio, Manuela Vellés,
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- None of them
- Why? I misread the description on IMDb
- Seen: 25 October 2022
A young girl, Camino (Comacho) is dying
of cancer. Her loving mother (Elias) and sister (Vellés) are fanatical Opus Dei
Catholics while her father (Venancio) is loving and less devout.
Is it anti-religion and offensive, as
some viewers on IMDb claim, or beautiful and critical of the Catholic church,
as others think?
Who cares? It’s sugar-sweet and boring.
Supposedly based on a true story, the
girl that it’s about, Alexia González Barros, is going to be sainted by the
Catholic Church. That’s offensive. What about all the other kids dying of
cancer? Or starvation? Or abuse?
There are a few moments that can be
interpreted as criticism of the mother and sister’s fanaticism which raises the
film from 0* to
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