ON THE ROAD TO SAN JUAN

SANJUANEROS

By Daniel KANDELL, Michael AMICI

GUANAJUATO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

First film - Completed 2019

A nine day journey into the soul of Mexico.

    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • First film, Documentary
    • Countries
    • MEXICO
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Budget
    • N/A
    • Duration
    • 78 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Daniel KANDELL, Michael AMICI
    • Producer(s)
    • Daniel KANDELL (Walk It Off), Michael AMICI (Walk It Off)
    • Synopsis
    • Each year during the month of January approximately 3 million pilgrims visit the Virgin of San Juan de los Lagos, one of the most important religious sites in Mexico. Guided only by their faith, love and devotion, and facing tremendous physical and emotional adversity, each pilgrim reveals their personal motivations and interpretations of what brotherhood, faith and God means to them in the 21st century. What transpires over the course of nine days is a magical fellowship; one part pilgrimage, one part carnival, one part fiesta, that can only occur in a country as socially diverse, complex, contradictory and tolerant as Mexico.