Jul 20, Aug 3: Movie – THE ROAD TO PATAGONIA

The lives of two strangers are changed forever when they cross paths on the surfing adventure of a lifetime, discovering love, downshifting and four Chilean horses.

Winner Byron Bay International Film Festival: Best Documentary

Sydney Morning Herald 4/5 “He has to crack at some point, I thought, suspecting a meltdown or two might have landed on the cutting room floor. However, his resourcefulness and determination soon made my scepticism seem like a waste of time.”

THE ROAD TO PATAGONIA Exempt 90 mins | Australia | Language English, Latin American Spanish

Saturday 6th July 5.00pm – SOLD OUT, Next screenings 20th July 7.30pm and 3rd August 7.30pm.

Ticket prices: $16 Adults, $14 Concession and $9 Children. RCAC Members $12.

Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.

Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)

Door sales from 30 mins before session times.

Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.

The Road to Patagonia is a stunning, intimate and unflinching series of love letters within a documentary – firstly a love between two people, and secondly between humanity and the Earth. We follow Matty Hannon on an incredible solo adventure, to surf the west coast of the Americas by motorbike, from the top of Alaska to the tip of Patagonia.

But deep in the wilderness – alone with the wolves and the bears – Matty’s plans unexpectedly fall to pieces. After losing everything, and on the cusp of quitting he meets the girl of his dreams, a permaculture farmer named Heather Hillier who throws caution to the wind and sells her urban-farm to buy a bike of her own. Together riding south, the duo meet with Zapatista rebels, Amazonian shamans and Mapuche leaders whose salient words crack the adventurers’ cultural veneer.

The theme of deep ecology underpins the entire film, visually communicated through exquisite cinematography and emotional verité sequences. Shot over 16 years, the result is an adventurous exposé on the more-than-human world, offering a physical and spiritual odyssey to better understand our place in Nature.

PRODUCERS: Matty Hannon,Tye Markey
DIRECTOR: Matty Hannon
WITH: Matty Hannon, Heather Hillier

THE ROAD TO PATAGONIA Exempt 90 mins | Australia | Language English, Latin American Spanish