Romería Is in Theaters and 91 Percent of Critics Agree

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A scene from Romería (2026), the Carla Simón drama starring Llúcia Garcia, in limited theaters from Janus Films

Romería is in theaters from Janus Films. Carla Simón directed it. It opened June 26.

Marina has her late mother's diary. She travels to Vigo to find documents for a college scholarship, but what starts as paperwork becomes a search for her biological father and everything her mother never told her. The film moves between Marina in 2004 and her mother's 1983 diary entries. Llúcia Garcia plays Marina. Tristán Ulloa also stars.

91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The AV Club calls it mournful without breaking down into sobs, tragic without twisting into melodrama.

Before you go, watch Summer 1993. Same filmmaker, same intimacy, same willingness to sit in grief without resolving it.

The director of Alcarràs opened a new movie and nobody in your group chat knows it is playing right now.

Quick Facts

Romería Is in Theaters and 91 Percent of Critics Agree

DirectorCarla Simón

CastLlúcia Garcia, Mitch Martín, Tristán Ulloa, Celine Tyll, León Romagosa

GenreDrama

Release2026-06-26

Runtime112 min

Rated6.5/10

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Romería is in theaters from Janus Films. Carla Simón made it. A young woman travels to Vigo with her late mother's diary and finds the family nobody told her about. 91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Tag who you are seeing this with. #Romería #Backlot

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Romería is in theaters from Janus Films. Carla Simón directed it. 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. A quiet, heartbreaking family drama that opened June 26. The director of Alcarràs. Go.

Romería is in theaters from Janus Films. Carla Simón directed it. It opened June 26.

91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The AV Club calls it mournful without breaking down into sobs, tragic without twisting into melodrama.

Before you go, watch Summer 1993. Same filmmaker, same intimacy, same willingness to sit in grief without resolving it.

The director of Alcarràs opened a new movie and nobody in your group chat knows it is playing right now.