
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.
- 7.1
- 2010
- Released
- 2h 8m

Martin Sheen
Tom
Emilio Estevez
Daniel
Deborah Kara Unger
Sarah
Yorick van Wageningen
Joost
James Nesbitt
Jack
Tchéky Karyo
Captain Henri
Ángela Molina
Angelica
Carlos Leal
Jean
Simón Andreu
Don Santiago
Eusebio Lázaro
El Ramón
Antonio Gil
Ishmael
Spencer Garrett
Phil
Matt Clark
Padre Frank
Renée Estevez
Doreen
Romy Baskerville
Eunice
William Holden
Cal
Joe Torrenueva
Father Sandoval
Stéphane Dausse
French Mortician
Patxi Pérez
Waiter
Joan Díez
Carlo
Anthony Von Seck
Sitar Playing Pilgrim
José Luis Molina
Policeman #1
José Javier Ruiz
Policeman #2
Omar Muñoz
Gypsy Boy
Alfonso Delgado
Penitent #1
Milagros Alcalde Díez
El Molino Innkeeper
Maximiano Benito Nebreda
El Molino Innkeeper
Santi Prego
Santiago Office Clerk
Ramon Estevez
Man Behind Tom in Marrakech (uncredited)
Released
en
$13,900,000.00
- #spain
- #france
- #parent child relationship
- #pilgrimage
- #road trip
- #pilgrim
- #travel
- #pyrenees mountain ridge
- #death of son
- #saint-jacques-de-compostelle
- #pèlerinage
- #camino de santiago
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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 m
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











