Martin Sheen plays Tom, 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, 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.
