24 September, 2009

New Martin Sheen Movie about the Camino de Santiago

Chapel at Roncesvalles, a first stop on the Camino de Santiago in Spain, EOP 1998.

This morning I received a notice on another group site, one I am quoting because I think it is of interest. I had heard rumors for some time that the actor Martin Sheen and one of his sons were making a movie about the Camino. Apparently that movie is now ready to be distributed. It is one of several movies about the Camino and the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela made since 2005. A quite good one, le pelerinage was produced in France several years ago. I have heard rumors about a new Austrian movie in German "I'll take you to the end of the world" directed by Christian Kabish, but I was unable to find its title in German or a web link this morning. I may post a more complete set of comments on these and other pilgrimage-themed movies when I have seen the Sheen movie and perhaps the one in German.

Review of the Martin Sheen Movie:

"The Way, Emilio Estevez's fourth feature as writer-director, begins at the Camino de Santiago's start, in St.Jean-Pied-de-Port below the often-snowbound Route de Napoleon over the Pyrenees. Starring Martin Sheen, Estevez's father, it takes in Galicia's improbable looking Santiago de Compostela, a huge piece of medieval real estate topped by a jaw-dropping cathedral. Sheen plays Tom, an American widower who;s in St. Jean too reclaim the body of his estranged son, who died, lost on the Route de Napoleon. Tom cremates the remains, puts them in his son's backpack and starts off to complete the young man's journey.

Added 25-09-09: A couple of links to posts on the Sheen movie as well as other films in production on the Camino:

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