
Fourfriendsdecidetoembarkonaroadtripafterburyingthegroup'sfifthmember.Thefourfriendsarealsothefilm'sfourdirectors,and'RoadtoYthaca'isjustasmuchapersonal,existentialandsemi-mythologicaljourney,asitisatripalongthebeatenpathtothetitle'sfableddestination,whichisamust-seeforalltourists–ortosomedramaticclimax.Notthatmuchissaidalongtheway.Theindividualsituationsstandforthemselves,andareallthestrongerforit;thegroupthatgetslostonitsdrivethroughthedesertinthemiddleofthenightandsingssongsintheglowoftheheadlights,atrippydreamjourney.Fansoftheunderrated'desertfilm'andtheAmericanveterandirectorMonteHellmanwillnodapprovinglyatthesilent,mutualunderstandingbetweenthefriends.An'RoadtoYthaca'isacinematic,semi-documentaryanddeeplypersonalexperiment,whichmakesyouwishthatotherfilmmakerswouldtakejustasmanyandlargerisks.



