Common Roads – Pilgrimage And Backpacking In The 21st Century
Common Roads – Pilgern und Backpacking im 21. Jahrhundert
Switzerland, October 2013
FILM,
Documentary,
95 min.
- directed by
- Tommi Mendel
- Written by
- Tommi Mendel
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.tigertoda.ch/COMMON_ROADS.html
Whereas the label of «pilgrim» is mostly associated with devout persons leaving home for religious motives, young people taking to the road as «backpackers» are generally perceived as pleasure seeking globetrotters. Questioning these stereotypes, Tommi Mendel followed one woman along the Way of St. James through France and Spain and another one along backpacking-routes through Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. Documenting their experiences and encounters over a period of three years, this film reveals intriguing parallels between what at first glance appear as two different ways of travelling
credits
- World Premiere
- October 2013
- Original Version
- French, English, Swiss-German, Spanish, German (english/spanish subtitles), colour, ProRes 422, 95 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-A111-0000-I-0000-0000-K
- Production
- Tigertoda Productions
- Producer
- Tommi Mendel
- directed by
- Tommi Mendel
- Written by
- Tommi Mendel
- Cinematography
- Tommi Mendel
- Editing
- Tommi Mendel
- Sound Editing
- Tommi Mendel
- Location Sound Mix
- Tommi Mendel
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Tigertoda Productions
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Tigertoda Productions Distribution
Festivals
(a selection)
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63rd Trento Film Festival
30.04.2015 - 10.05.2015