Rather than return home, tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage to honor his sons desire. To give you an idea, approximately 65% of all pilgrims from all over the globe take the camino frances. The way a movie with martin sheen and emilio estevez. The way a movie with martin sheen and emilio estevez camino. So, look down as you cross through belorado on your camino and see how martin left his mark on the way. Apparently they have a family connection to galicia. The author writes in 2018 and looks back at what they in galicia thought about it when they first heard in 2009 or so that martin sheen was going to do a movie about the santiago pilgrimage, and how it panned out in the end.
Tom soon joins up with other travelers and realizes theyre all. Martin sheens son emilio estevez directed, wrote the screenplay and costars in the film. But probably most famous of all was martin sheen, who stayed in belorado while filming the movie the way. The way is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends.
Id heard about the camino when i was younger, from the movie called the way that stars martin sheen. Martin sheen plays a father who decides to honour his deceased son by walking the camino. Estevez was heard saying at the toronto international film festival, just this month, where the film premiered. Looking for insights into his estranged childs life, he decides to complete the 500mile mountain trek to spain. And sheens father, to whom estevez dedicated the film, was from. One thing you quickly realize when you sit down to watch the way.
Martin sheen s new film will make the religious route in spain even more popular. This movie is an original film directed, written and produced by american actor emilio estevez, and starring his reallife father, martin sheen. This worldfamous cathedralit is commonly believedholds the remains of st. I read a very brief article in my local paper that said charlie sheen and his son were planning on making a movie about the cfnot sure whether documentary or fictional more likely. In this movie, sheen plays a doctor named tom who, after his sons death, decides to walk the camino to santiago with his sons ashes. Starring martin sheen and directed by his son, emilio estevez, for a lot of pilgrims along the camino it was this film that was the inspiration. Martin sheen and emilio estevez on the way franciscan media.
Each year thousands of pilgrims walk northern spains camino. Rather than return home, tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage to honor his sons desire to finish the journey. Martin sheen plays tom, an irascible american doctor who comes to st. Having just finished the camino, i take issue with this movie. The father and son team have been touring the country by bus lately sharing their project with anyone willing to listen.
This 1,200 year old pilgrimage, a walk of 478 miles across the north of spain, typically takes at least four weeks, and thomas is no kid. Emilio estevez wrote and directed his father on the movie the way. Its also great for those who have already completed this epic pilgrimage. With martin sheen, emilio estevez, deborah kara unger, yorick van wageningen.
The camino serves as the ultimate metaphor for life, and i think americans right now are searching for something in their lives and spirituality. The camino pilgrimage praised in the way and by those on spiritual journey huliq. The camino pilgrimage praised in the way and by those on. Martin sheen plays tom, an american doctor who comes to st. So i was always interested in walking it one day, but honestly thought that i would do it when i was retired in my 60s. Emilio estevez and martin sheen on faith and filming the way. The way available on dvd is the name of a film that was released in 2010 in spain, early 2011 in the uk and ireland and will open september 30th 2011 in the usa. The way is a 2010 americanspanish drama film directed, produced and written by emilio estevez and starring martin sheen, deborah kara unger, james nesbitt, yorick van wageningen, and renee estevez. We had initially talked about what this movie would be. On a pilgrimage with martin sheen the west wing president and his son, emilio estevez, discuss their spiritual road movie made for. There is no doubt that the way, the 2010 movie starring martin sheen, has been one of the most influential factors in popularizing the camino worldwide, specially in the u. The way new starring martin sheen,directed by sheen s son emilio estevez. The way is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends, and the challenges we face while navigating this ever changing and complicated world. And throughout these conversations, he wanted to make a movie where his character fell to his knees at every church and wept.