Sol's journey

Sol is a divorced woman, one night when going to claim her ex-husband due payments of child-support, her seven year-old son, Christian, is taken from her. This traumatic event fills her with pain, anger and despair. After realizing the indifference and slowness of the investigation processes, Sol begins a frantic search for her son aside from the official procedure. On her journey to find clues of the whereabouts of Christian, she will gradually withdraw from her daily activities . Only the hope of finding Christian mantains her afloat.

This film presents a human and personified vision of unbearable loss and struggle reminding us reminds us that despair and possibility often spring from the same source.

  • Claudia Sainte-Luce
    Director
    The amazing catfish, The empty box.
  • Claudia Sainte-Luce
    Writer
    The amazing catfish, The empty box, Inercia, Aydame a pasar la noche, Australia (short).
  • Christian Kregel
    Producer
    The amazing catfish, The empty box.
  • Anajose Aldrete
    Key Cast
    "Sol"
    Voy a explotar, Las niñas bien, Semana Santa...
  • Armando Hernandez
    Key Cast
    "Jaime"
    La paloma y el lobo, Amar te duele, Año bisisesto, Rudo y cursi, Te presento a Laura...
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    El camino de Sol
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 17 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 20, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    182,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Mexico
  • Country of Filming:
    Mexico
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    HD video - RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Morelia International Film Festival
    Morelia
    Mexico
    October 29, 2021
    World Premiere, Mexican Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay
    Montevideo
    Uruguay
    April 18, 2022
    South American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Festival de Cinema de Gramado
    Gramado
    Brazil
    August 14, 2022
    Brazilian Premiere
    Official Selection - Best Actress Award
  • EnergaCAMERIMAGE
    Torun
    Poland
    November 18, 2022
    Polish Premiere
    Contemporary world cinema
  • International Film Festival of India
    Goa
    India
    November 25, 2022
    Asian premiere
    CINEMA OF THE WORLD
  • Panoramica Latin American Film Festival
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    September 21, 2022
    European Premiere
    Official Selection
  • The Pigeon International Film Festival
    Ísafjörður
    Iceland
    October 14, 2022
    Icelandic Premiere
    Best Actress Award, Best Cinematography Award
  • Annual Copenhagen Film Festival
    København K, Copenhagen
    Denmark
    October 21, 2022
    Danish Premiere
    Best Feature Film Award
  • Festival Internacional de Cine de Rengo
    Rengo
    Chile
    November 23, 2022
    Chilean Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Diorama International Film Festival
    New Delhi
    India
    December 1, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano
    Havana
    Cuba
    December 1, 2022
    Cuban Premiere
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Soul Pictures SL
    Sales Agent
    Country: Spain
Director Biography - Claudia Sainte-Luce

Born in Veracruz on the 28th December of 1982. Graduated in Cinematography from the university of Guadalajara.

Along her professional life, she has been working in script, art and production departments. And has directed several short Films among them: “Ramiro” and “El cielo a las 4”.

In 2005 took part on the Rally Malayerba within the Festival de Expresión en corto de Guanajato (Guanajuato Short film festival), where the challenge was to film and produce a short film within 24 hours. With her short film “Muerte anunciada”. Between 2006 and 2007 she directed the short film “ El Milagrito de San Jacinto”.

in 2007 work in several projects as assistant director for different TV comercials, TV shows and movies.

Meanwhile she completed her education with classes in playwriting, acting, clown, impro performance.

Taking part of Paula Markovitch’s script workshop “Altamira” and the 17th Sundance's Latin American screenwriters' workshop in Oaxaca, Mex. she developed her script “Encuentro” which would become her first feature film “Los insólitos peces gato”- “The amazing catfish” (2013), followed by "La caja vacía"- "The empty box" (2016).

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Director Statement

According to RNPED [National Registry of Missing and Disappeared Persons], the number of missing children and teenagers in Mexico since 2007 is 6,282; while several nonprofit organizations place the number between 25,615 and 47,000.

Human beings end up turning into cold figures, and these types of news are part of our daily routine. We become desensitized to the point of being immune to shock. Passivity seems to grow tightly to this issue.

“El camino de Sol” is built around Sol, the different obstacles in her path to recover her beloved child and an unbearable ambiguity of her surrounding. The drama lies in the character so the plot will start growing as an introspective personal trip of Sol dealing with the absence of Christian.