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  • Las peregrinas (2007)
  • 85 min | Documentary
Las peregrinas (2007)
85 min | Documentary
What is lacking spiritually, emotionally, and physically from the apparently secure and comfortable lives of modern North American women that compels them to voluntarily choose to suffer both the joys and anguish of walking hundreds of ...See moreWhat is lacking spiritually, emotionally, and physically from the apparently secure and comfortable lives of modern North American women that compels them to voluntarily choose to suffer both the joys and anguish of walking hundreds of kilometers on a medieval pilgrimage route? Sue Kenney, veteran pilgrim, author, and inspirational speaker returns to Spain, to shepherd a group of first-time women pilgrims (in Spanish known as, Las Peregrinas) on their own individual journeys of self-discovery, where Sue's philosophy and values, as well as the Camino's legendary power to transform lives, will be put to the test. Las Peregrinas is a powerful and moving documentary about facing our deepest fears by questioning the value of everything that we were taught was important in life. Synopsis Statistics shows that more and more people, women in particular are quitting their jobs, leaving long-term marriages and their families to examine the value and purpose of their lives. Sue should know; after she was suddenly downsized from her telecom career and following the quiet collapse of her 20-year marriage, she decided to walk 780 kilometers alone on the Camino three years ago. After this life-altering experience, Sue returned and wrote a book about her journey. Scores of women have contacted her, touched by her stories of love, hope, courage and discipline. Sue has always maintained that the Camino is a personal experience that should be walked alone, but when a woman stricken with terminal cancer, asks Sue to take her on a pilgrimage, she looks to her pilgrim values that say to never walk past a pilgrim in need, and agrees. In this one-hour point of view documentary, we first meet Sue Kenney in her natural habitat storytelling and keynote speaking on her all-consuming life interest in the Camino; a medieval pilgrimage route in the north of Spain. Vibrant, vivacious, outgoing, and always on the move, Sue explains the history and religious significance of the Camino and shares her stories as a modern day pilgrim. Through interviews filmed before they left and after they returned home, we are introduced to the women, their personal circumstances and reasons for walking. We follow them on the Camino at various stages as they talk directly to the camera in daily diaries and in unguarded, highly emotional moments, witnessing first hand how each individual is affected by the quest. Rarely seen footage of the pilgrim's mass in Santiago; interviews with animated monks, opinionated Camino experts and multinational pilgrims provides controversial insight to allure of the Camino. Written by Sue Kenney/Bruce Pirrie See less
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Sue Kenney
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Sue Kenney
Cinematographer
Pasha Patriki
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Nov 6, 2007 (United States)

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