The Pilgrim (2014)

Original title

Não Pare na Pista: A Melhor História de Paulo Coelho

Directed by

Daniel Augusto

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

Brazil, Spain

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

14

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This biographical drama follows Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho across three phases of his life: his rebellious youth in the 1960s, his career rise in the 1980s, and his later years revisiting a pilgrimage. The film shows key moments including his struggles with drugs, religion, and sexuality, as well as his partnership with musician Raul Seixas.

introspectivemelancholicreflectivebittersweetcontemplativetonal shiftsearnestslow-burn

What happens

Paulo Coelho's Best Story (Portuguese: Não Pare na Pista) is a 2014 Brazilian-Spanish biographical drama film about the Brazilian lyricist and novelist Paulo Coelho. Directed by Daniel Augusto, it stars Júlio Andrade, Ravel Andrade, Fabíula Nascimento, Fabiana Guglielmetti and Lucci Ferreira. The film focuses on three different moments of the writer's career — his youth in the 60s (period in which is lived by the actor Ravel Andrade); adulthood in the 80s (Julio Andrade); and maturity, in 2013, when he visits once again Santiago de Compostela. Using as a basis Paulo Coelho's own statements, the history pervades the most striking moments of the life of the author, as the traumas, the relationship with drugs and religion, sexuality and the partnership with musician Raul Seixas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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