DONKEYS & DISILLUSIONMENT

Donkeys and Disillusionment visualizes the life stories of five pilgrims and a donkey over a 6 year period.

A man leaves the city, disillusioned by the lack of community and cooperation in modern society, and begins to walk the ‘Camino de Santiago’ with a donkey.

As he travels the ancient pilgrimage route, known simply as The Way, he crosses paths with a number of like-minded travelers from the far reaches of the globe.

Each pilgrim is in search of something more, and their similar and contrasting stories are revealed through abstract visuals and interview dialogue.

The film charts the physiological and social changes in these characters as they undertake the physically and mentally grueling journey through the Pyrenees Mountains and on to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, northwest Spain.

Years later, the same characters are interviewed in their hometowns and we discover whether or not the pilgrimage was a catalyst for change in their lives.

The film is projected onto a screen behind musicians playing a live soundtrack, taking audiences on their own journey through story and sound to a point of revelation and discovery.