The Compostela pilgrimage is an experience that attracts more and more people every year. The pilgrim is led to go beyond his limits and to confront himself and his environment. The trials are physical but above all they are inner. The director followed the journey of several pilgrims over a period of three years. None of their paths are identical. Step by step a new rhythm of life is established, the path offers new perceptions. The repeated contacts with nature, the elements and the other pilgrims put each personality in its rightful place. The alchemy of the path operates little by little. When the pilgrim finally arrives at the end of his journey, at Cape Finistere, he burns his old clothes in the setting sun. The old man disappears to give birth to the new man.
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The Compostela pilgrimage is an experience that attracts more and more people every year. The pilgrim is led to go beyond his limits and to confront himself and his environment. The trials are physical but above all they are inner. The director followed the journey of several pilgrims over a period of three years. None of their paths are identical. Step by step a new rhythm of life is established, the path offers new perceptions. The repeated contacts with nature, the elements and the other pilgrims put each personality in its rightful place. The alchemy of the path operates little by little. When the pilgrim finally arrives at the end of his journey, at Cape Finistere, he burns his old clothes in the setting sun. The old man disappears to give birth to the new man.