

The Way
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
- $13.9M
- Language
- French
- 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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Spain, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-137 Oct 2011
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A15 Apr 2011
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG23 Nov 2011
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG10 Sept 2010
AustriaAT
- Theatrical13 Jul 2012
FranceFR
- Theatrical25 Sept 2013
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1221 Jun 2012
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT1213 May 2011
ItalyIT
- Theatrical29 Jun 2012
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/619 Nov 2010
SpainES
- Theatrical19 Oct 2010
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The Way was released on 10 September 2010.
Audience reviews
2- T1/10
tmdb28039023
8/25/2022
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 blessing ("We agree…
- C8/10
Crazypiglady
1/30/2023
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 main story of Tom's p…
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