UNTETHERED
A mystical, sensual pilgrimage from Hawaii to Lourdes to Pamplona. Places where water, stone, and blood lead to the same revelation.
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"Strong currents don't care who you are."
Honufukuro Productions presentsUNTETHERED
A mystical, sensual pilgrimage from Hawaii to Lourdes to Pamplona. Places where water, stone, and blood lead to the same revelation.
Ed Cornell has spent his life rescuing strangers from violent surf, living by duty and a promise to his mother. When he begins a pilgrimage to scatter her ashes in Lourdes, the journey leads him through three encounters that transform him; an Indigenous seer who reframes grief as spirit, a Lourdes shopkeeper who offers intimacy without illusion, and a fearless female matador who embodies freedom without possession. In Pamplona, a young American runner mirrors the reckless self Ed once was. Inside the chaos of the encierro, Ed learns that meaning isn't earned through conquest — but through connection, sacrifice, and the courage to stay present when all hell breaks loose.
Water is Ed's first god — it is where he learned duty, rescue, and grief. Stone guides his pilgrimage: cathedrals, streets, tradition, and the weight of belief. Blood is reckoning, where spectacle becomes real and sacrifice has consequence.
From ocean blue to marian candlelight to blood-dripped stone. Ed's pilgrimage moves through sacred arenas that remake him as a man: Hawai‘i, Lourdes, and Pamplona.
Ed Cornell, a Hawaiian lifeguard shaped by violent surf and human cruelty, begins a pilgrimage to honor his dying mother's final wish: to scatter her ashes in the holy waters of Lourdes. Carrying grief, restraint, and a rosary, he moves through three transformational encounters — an Indigenous seer who reframes his mother's spirit, a sensual Lourdes shopkeeper who offers intimacy without illusion, and a fearless female matador who embodies freedom without possession.
But Ed's journey is detoured in Pamplona during San Fermín, where he reunites with Santiago, a bull rancher who once changed his life. At dawn, Ed enters the encierro not for glory, but to watch over men who don't yet know what they've entered. When a suelto bull breaks from the herd, a young American named James — an uncanny echo of Hemingway myth — sacrifices himself to save Ed, then vanishes into the crowd.
A global prestige film with a world-class set piece, for audiences drawn to elemental storytelling — grief, identity, sensuality, and myth told through physical ritual.
The story travels through globally recognizable rituals and locations, giving it immediate international relevance.
"In big surf, I've learned that strong currents don't care who you are. They move with their own will — pulling bodies into chaos with no regard for strength or intention. In Pamplona, I discovered the encierro is exactly the same force on land; a river of humans and hooves compressed into stone, driven by fear and momentum. Once the rocket sounds, no one controls the flow. Not runners, not bulls, not God. You can only surrender to the moment… and learn what part of you is meant to survive — and what part is meant to be offered."— Honufukuro Productions
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