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  • 2018
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2018
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary Perhaps Europe's most popular pilgrimage, the Camino de Santiago attracts wayfarers of all stripes to walk its ancient paths in search of meaning. One such pilgrim is Dane Johansen, an American cellist who in 2014 ventured to walk the Camino with his instrument on his back, performing music for his fellow pilgrims along the way. As Dane ...

Directed By: Tristan Cook

  • 2018
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2018
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 36 m

Strangers on the Earth

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Summary Perhaps Europe's most popular pilgrimage, the Camino de Santiago attracts wayfarers of all stripes to walk its ancient paths in search of meaning. One such pilgrim is Dane Johansen, an American cellist who in 2014 ventured to walk the Camino with his instrument on his back, performing music for his fellow pilgrims along the way. As Dane ...

Directed By: Tristan Cook

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May 3, 2018
Journeys more often than not are not what we expected. And neither is Cook's unpredictable and reflective work, set to a brooding solo-cello score and filled with whatever metaphors you need. We are alone on this trip – take it, and this marvellous film, at your own pace.
By Brad Wheeler FULL REVIEW
70
May 31, 2018
A largely inspiring and transporting portrait.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
40
May 3, 2018
The sensations that Strangers on the Earth means to evoke are not well suited to the cinematic medium, at least not to a documentary that barely runs more than an hour and a half.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
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May 3, 2018
Pilgrimages have potential: Geoffrey Chaucer gave us 24 good yarns in his Canterbury Tales. But there isn’t even one in the otherwise gorgeous documentary Strangers on the Earth.
By Daphne Howland FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Walk to Fisterra
Release Date May 4, 2018
Duration 1 h 36 m
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Tagline Every pilgrim goes their own way.
Website http://www.sotefilm.com/
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Awards

Cleveland International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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