Biblical parallels are easy to find in The Salt Path

Biographical drama The Salt Path tells the true story of a couple who lose their home and embark on a year-long coastal walk, despite one of them also being diagnosed with a terminal illness. It’s an inspiring film, set against a beautiful backdrop says Giles Gough. But there’s also spiritual wisdom to be gleaned

In the screen adaption of Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir, The Salt Path, Jason Isaacs and Gillian Anderson play Moth and Raynor, a couple who lose their home and, soon after, discover that Moth has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. With bailiffs at the door and limited other options, Moth and Ray decide to trek the 630-mile Southwest coast path from Minehead in Somerset, through Devon and Cornwall to Poole, Dorset.

It is, by any reasonable metric, an insane choice. But when forced into a corner, insane choices are sometimes the only ones left. And upon closer inspection, it does actually make some sort of sense. Nominally, walking the coast path gives them time to think and regroup; when their only income is Moth’s £49 a week disability benefit, living in a tent reduces their overheads and allows them to buy enough food to survive.