It’s been a while since Martin Sheen has graced the big screen but he returns next month with his new film The Way.
The Way sees Sheen team up with his actor turned filmmaker son Emilio Estevez to tell the moving tale of a father dealing with the loss of his son.
Tom is an American doctor who comes to St Jean Pied de Port, France to collect the remains of his adult son killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking The Camino de Santiago, known as The Way of Saint James.
Driven by his profound saness 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 wesst 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 (Yorik 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 qyartet of misfits creat 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 is released 13th May. Take a look at some clips from the movie:
