MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Movie
Poster for On the Wandering Paths

On the Wandering Paths

2023 · 92 min

A quiet, reflective journey of recovery, with long walks and inner struggle, offering a slow but rewarding emotional experience.

Directed by
Denis Imbert
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jean Dujardin, Izïa Higelin, Jonathan Zaccaï
Overview
Pierre, a famous explorer and writer, travels regularly through the world. Someday, climbing a hotel frontage while drunk, he falls from high and into a deep coma. When he awakes, he has difficulties walking but, against everyone's advices, he decides to walk through France, following forgotten pathways...

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

Add to a list: On the Wandering Paths

You have no lists yet. Name one, and this title goes into it.

All your lists

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Denis Imbert
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jean Dujardin, Izïa Higelin, Jonathan Zaccaï
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • healing
  • survival
  • identity
  • isolation
  • nature
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

More like this

Titles like On the Wandering Paths

Movie

The Straight Story

1999

A gentle, unhurried journey that finds quiet dignity in ordinary kindness and the slow mending of old wounds.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about healing · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • healing
  • true story
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
112 min
Details
The Straight StoryHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Wild

2014

A raw, introspective journey of grief and self-forgiveness, carried by a fierce solo performance and the quiet rhythm of the trail.

Melancholic, earnest · about healing and survival · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • healing
  • survival
  • true story
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
115 min
Details
WildHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Vicky and Her Mystery

2021

A gentle, heartfelt mountain tale that soothes as it tugs at you, with quiet emotional pulls and a soft sense of wonder.

Same writer: Denis Imbert · Melancholic, earnest · about healing and nature · true story

Also
Same writer: Denis Imbert
Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • healing
  • nature
  • true story
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
84 min
Details
Vicky and Her MysteryHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Into the Wild

2007

A sweeping, bittersweet journey that pulls you into one man's restless search for freedom, then leaves you quietly devastated by how it ends.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about identity and isolation · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • identity
  • isolation
  • true story
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
148 min
Details
Into the WildHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

2023

A quiet, reflective journey that unfolds slowly, blending sadness and hope as an ordinary man walks toward reconciliation.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about healing

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • healing
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
108 min
Details
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold FryHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Through the Fire

2018

An earnest, emotionally heavy drama that puts you inside a hero's painful recovery, mixing tender moments with the tension of a life forever changed.

Melancholic, earnest · about healing and survival

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • healing
  • survival
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
116 min
Details
Through the FireHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Salt Path

2025

A quiet, heartfelt journey through hardship and nature, anchored by a tender marriage and a slow, restorative rhythm.

Melancholic, earnest · about healing and survival · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • healing
  • survival
  • true story
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
115 min
Details
The Salt PathHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Life Feels Good

2013

A quietly devastating and intimate portrait of a trapped mind, carried by a remarkable performance that makes the struggle feel deeply human.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about healing and survival · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • healing
  • survival
  • true story
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
107 min
Details
Life Feels GoodHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Walker

A quiet, earnest journey of hope and struggle, anchored by physical hardship and the pull of belief.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about healing and survival

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • healing
  • survival
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Details
The WalkerHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

100 Meters

2016

A warm, earnest underdog story that mixes gentle humour with the gruelling reality of illness and endurance sport, leaving you moved and quietly inspired.

Earnest · about healing and survival · true story

Via
  • earnest
  • healing
  • survival
  • true story
Pacing
measured
Attention
easy-watch
Runtime
108 min
Details
100 MetersHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Way

2010

A quiet, scenic walk through grief that slowly opens into warmth and companionship, asking for patience but rewarding it with gentle emotional release.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about healing and identity

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • healing
  • identity
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
128 min
Details
The WayHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Outrun

2024

A quiet, windswept study of recovery that drifts between memory and harsh landscape, rewarding patience with a hard-won sense of calm.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about healing and isolation · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • healing
  • isolation
  • true story
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
118 min
Details
The OutrunHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Denis Imbert
Written by
Diastème, Denis Imbert
Starring
Jean Dujardin, Izïa Higelin, Jonathan Zaccaï, Anny Duperey, Dylan Robert, Joséphine Japy, Olivier Charasson, Lou Chauvain
Runtime
92 min
Country
France
Languages
French

TMDBIMDbLetterboxdWikidata

Something wrong on this page? Tell us.