I was at a Q&A with the director Laurens Pérol and Martina Gleissenebner-Teskey, who similarly walked from Austria to Paris instead of flying and he said something very interesting. He said that he doesn’t necessarily believe everything the protagonist stands for, but more that the film should be a testament to practicing being human. To know your own values and to practice them in everyday life to become the person you want to be. And you’re not going to do everything right from the start, but you have to practice to be the human you want to be to become it. It’s a mantra that I’ve taken away from the film and him afterwards.

The film does very well at showing the beauty of nature, the hardships of sacrificing time, energy and opportunities in order to live a life according to your values and the daily strains of practicing an instrument. The film increased my desire to visit Scandinavia, but made me doubt whether I should go there by plane.