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The Way (I) (2010)

PG-13   |    |  Comedy, Drama

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A father heads overseas to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling the "El camino de Santiago," and decides to take the pilgrimage himself.

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  • James Nesbitt in The Way (2010)
  • Martin Sheen and Yorick van Wageningen in The Way (2010)
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Awards

1 win & 8 nominations.

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27 March 2011 | intelearts
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| My 393rd Review: Treads Lightly But Very Nicely...
This beautiful simple and involving film is one of the better films I've seen in the past couple of years. It does what the best of cinema can - it moves us, and reminds us that life is a journey full of chance encounters and that its not all serendipity, but we can walk on too.

Matin Sheen and his son, Emilio Estevez, make a winning team here - the direction, though straightforward is, like Ron Howard, filled with memorable scenes and images that linger. Sheen himself is always good at taking us with him - his half-amused, half-bemused style suits this perfectly. As he travels on the old pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela to deal with tragic loss he meets and forms a group with three other pilgrims.

All in all, the overall experience of watching this is simply pleasure - and like Danny Boyle's films, it seems simple but it is a complete experience. The Way is human, emotive, emotional, and sincere, and for this viewer a good journey.

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Trivia

When one takes the 500 mile Camino de Santiago, they carry a scalloped shell with them as an identity. Emilio Estevez was given such a shell by a man who made that journey six times. When he made the journey while filming the film, he kept the shell with him.

Quotes

Tom: I'm going to walk the Camino de Santiago.
Captain Henri: Mr. Avery, if you'll pardon me, please, you are not prepared to go on this trip. You have no equipment, or...
Tom: I've got Danny's back pack and all of his stuff.
Captain Henri: But you haven't trained for this walk, and no ...
Tom: So...

Goofs

The pilgrims visit the Albergue Casa Santa Barbara that they say is in Torres del Rio. There is no such albergue. You also hear Tom say Torres is the next town which is not correct. Sansol would have been the next town as this is only 1km before Torres, and the two are almost interlinked.

Soundtracks

Pink Moon
Written and Performed by Nick Drake
Courtesy of Island Records
By arrangement with Universal Music Enterprises

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Genres

Comedy | Drama

Details

Release Date:

19 November 2010

Language

English, Spanish, French, Catalan, Italian

Country of Origin

Spain, USA

Filming Locations

Marrakech, Morocco

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$110,418 9 October 2011

Gross USA:

$4,430,765

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$13,348,704

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