The Way

Last night I saw an enjoyable and quality movie called The Way staring Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez and Deborah Kara Unger. The screenplay was written by Emilio Estevez. He also produced The Way. It is the story of Tom, a California ophthalmologist (Martin Sheen) who must fly to France to view the body of his son Daniel (Emilio Estevez) who died on the first day of his 500-mile trek on the El Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James. Tom makes a split-second decision that he will hike the path of his son and spread the ashes of his son Daniel throughout the trail. He meets up with four pilgrims who have different reasons for attempting such an exhausting journey. They are Joost (Wageningen), a Dutchman who is hiking the trail for exercise purposes, Sarah (Unger) who is trying to quit smoking, and "Jack from Ireland" (Nesbitt) who is suffering from writer's block and is trying to collect information about fellow hikers and their separate journeys. I strongly recommend this excellent movie.