Director Ishtar Yasin Producer Producciones Astarte, Gadeon Programmes Francia Executive Producer Adrián Cruz Writer Ishtar Yasin Editor Valérie Loiseleux Director of Photography Jacques Loiseloix Cast Sherlin Paola Velasquez, Marcos Ulises Jimenez, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Juan Borda Country Costa Rica Language Spanish (w/ English subtitles) Film Info 91min Genre Drama

Footsteps echo side-by-side, faster and faster, as the children’s laughter rings through the mountains and down the sandy road.

Saslaya undergoes hard conditions with a small smile and a skip in her step as she and her brother, Dario, boldly walk the path less taken into the heart of a big city to search for their mother. A glimmer of hope appears when she meets an eccentric puppeteer, accompanied by an exquisitely soft-spoken woman who may finally fulfill Saslaya’s dreams of a compassionate mother.

Forceful, strong, intense, El Camino delivers stunning performances, taking you on a touching journey from a bleak, disheartened village in Nicaragua to the busy, bustling streets of Costa Rica. A young, introverted girl must travel the difficult road in order to find what she’s looking for. Offbeat characters and extraordinary examples of the human spirit pave their journey as Saslaya and Darío rewrite their destiny…

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