AdventureComedyDrama

The Way

- You don't choose a life. You live one.

When his son dies while hiking the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees, Tom flies to France to claim the remains. Looking for insights into his estranged child’s life, he decides to complete the 500-mile mountain trek to Spain. Tom soon joins up with other travelers and realizes they’re all searching for something.

Release Date : 2010-09-10

Language :FrenchEnglishSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Elixir FilmsFilmaxCastelao ProductionsIcon ProductionsThe Way ProductionsProduccions A Fonsagrada

Production Country : SpainUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Tom

Original Name : Martin Sheen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Daniel

Original Name : Emilio Estevez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah

Original Name : Deborah Kara Unger

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joost

Original Name : Yorick van Wageningen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack

Original Name : James Nesbitt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Henri

Original Name : Tchéky Karyo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angelica

Original Name : Ángela Molina

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jean

Original Name : Carlos Leal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Don Santiago

Original Name : Simón Andreu

Gender : Male

Character Name : El Ramón

Original Name : Eusebio Lázaro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ishmael

Original Name : Antonio Gil

Gender : Male

Character Name : Phil

Original Name : Spencer Garrett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Padre Frank

Original Name : Matt Clark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doreen

Original Name : Renée Estevez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eunice

Original Name : Romy Baskerville

Gender : Female

Character Name : Roger

Original Name : David Alexanian

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cal

Original Name : William Holden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Father Sandoval

Original Name : Joe Torrenueva

Gender : Male

Character Name : French Mortician

Original Name : Stéphane Dausse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Patxi Pérez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carlo

Original Name : Joan Díez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sitar Playing Pilgrim

Original Name : Anthony Von Seck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman #1

Original Name : José Luis Molina

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman #2

Original Name : José Javier Ruiz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gypsy Boy

Original Name : Omar Muñoz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penitent #1

Original Name : Alfonso Delgado

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penitent #2

Original Name : Víctor Molero

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penitent #3

Original Name : Manuel Calvo

Gender : Male

Character Name : El Molino Innkeeper

Original Name : Milagros Alcalde Díez

Gender : Male

Character Name : El Molino Innkeeper

Original Name : Maximiano Benito Nebreda

Gender : Male

Character Name : Santiago Office Clerk

Original Name : Santi Prego

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man Behind Tom in Marrakech (uncredited)

Original Name : Ramon Estevez

Gender : Male

Reviews

tmdb28039023

@tmdb28039023

2022-09-03

Dr. Thomas Avery (Martin Sheen), an American ophthalmologist, goes to France following the death of his son Daniel, killed in the Pyrenees during a storm on the Camino de Santiago (aka the Way of St. James). We see, by way of flashback, that Thomas and Daniel's relationship was strained – and according to the former had been so "since his mother died." Daniel went to Europe without his father's blessing ("We agreed that if l let you take me to the airport, you wouldn't lecture me about how l'm ruining my life"); additionally, Daniel had earlier broken the news to Thomas that he wasn't going to finish his doctorate ("Margaret Mead didn't become a great cultural anthropologist by staying in school"). Daniel is played by Emilio Estévez, who happens to be Sheen's real-life son; unfortunately, he also was 48 years old – and looked it – when the movie was released, thus making his character more 'midlife crisis' than 'teenage angst.' I can believe 69-year-old (at the time) Sheen playing a 60-year-old man, but Estévez can't help coming off like a pathetic victim of arrested development, even if he's also aiming for nine years younger – which would make him about 40; regardless of whether Margaret Mead did or did not become "a great cultural anthropologist by staying in school," the fact remains that by age 35 she'd already published Coming of Age in Samoa and Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies, two influential works in her chosen field. Daniel, conversely, not only hasn't even finished a doctorate, but didn't finish, for that matter, the Camino the Santiago either – he barely even started it, in point of fact; he died "only one day into the trek." All things considered, Daniel was kind of a screw-up; in that sense, Estévez should have gotten his brother Charlie to play him instead.

Crazypiglady

@Crazypiglady

2023-01-30

A thin but poignant plot takes us on a beautiful journey through Northern Spain. Along the way, Tom (Martin Sheen) is joined by three unwanted other travellers as he completes his dead son's journey along the Camino Way. Along the journey, they learn more about each other and share their stories. The film could have gone deeper into these stories but this would have taken the focus away from the main story of Tom's personal mission. James Nesbitt plays an annoying Irish writer, Jack but Tom, originally planning a solo journey, is equally annoyed by his new Dutch and Canadian companions. All are plausible people one might expect to find on such a journey. The soundtrack is amazing but the real stars are the landscapes and locations showcased with brilliant cinematography. A beautiful film which won't prepare you to walk the Camino but it will give you the views and (romanticised) atmosphere of travelling through Northern Spain. (8/10)