Saint-Jacques… La Mecque

Saint-Jacques… La Mecque (2005) is a French comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM. It's directed by Coline Serreau, of Three Men and a Cradle fame.

Clara, Claude and Pierre can barely stand one another, but their late mother's will comes with a catch: nobody inherits a cent until the three of them walk the pilgrim road to Santiago de Compostela together. They loathe hiking almost as much as they loathe family bonding. Five hundred miles of forced proximity lie ahead, alongside fellow walkers who each have their own reason to make the trek.

Muriel Robin, Artus de Penguern and Jean-Pierre Darroussin turn sibling warfare into a road comedy with a surprisingly tender core. Serreau handles reconciliation without any sugar: you laugh at these people, then quietly start rooting for them. Stream Saint-Jacques… La Mecque (2005) online on iFILM.