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| THE WAY |
Year: 2010
USA: Arc Entertainment
UK: Icon Film Distribution UK
Cast: Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, James Nesbitt, Deborah
Kara Unger, Joaquim de Almeida, Tchéky Karyo, Spencer Garrett,
Yorick van Wageningen, Ángela Molina, Simón Andreu, Carlos Leal, Eusebio Lázaro, Nacho Estévez
Director: Emilio Estevez
Country: USA
USA & UK: 128 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for some thematic elements, drug use and
smoking
UK Certificate: 12A contains soft drug use and references
USA Release Date: 7
October 2011 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 13 May 2011
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Synopsis
Martin Sheen plays Tom, an American doctor who comes to St. Jean
Pied de Port, France to collect the remains of his adult son (played
by Emilio Estevez), killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking
The Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James.
Driven by his profound sadness and desire to understand his son
better, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage, leaving
his "California bubble life" behind.
Armed with his son's backpack and guidebook, Tom navigates the 800
km pilgrimage from the French Pyrenees, to Santiago de Compostela in
the north west of Spain, but soon discovers that he will not be
alone on this journey.
While walking The Camino, Tom meets other pilgrims from around the
world, all broken and looking for greater meaning in their lives: a
Dutchman (Yorick van Wageningen) a Canadian (Deborah Kara Unger) and
an Irish writer (James Nesbitt) who is suffering from a bout of
"writer's block."
From the hardship experienced along "The Way" this
unlikely quartet of misfits create an everlasting bond and Tom
begins to learn what it means to be a citizen of the world again,
and discovers the difference between "The life we live and the
life we choose".
THE WAY was filmed entirely in Spain and France along the actual
Camino de Santiago.
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