Emilio Estevez on why the Camino de Santiago is special to him | Salon Talks |

Emilio Estevez recounts the “miracles” that happened to his family on Spain’s Camino de Santiago and shares why it inspired him to write and direct the movie “The Way.” His son Taylor met his wife on the trail with grandfather Martin Sheen (who also stars in “The Way”) and two crew members found love on set. “One thing is certain,” Estevez told Salon. “However you start your Camino in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, you do not finish this for the same reasons, nor do you finish it the same person.”
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[@brianquinn4528]

Watched this today in a rainy Oregon Sunday afternoon after Mass. Estranged from my eldest son, it gripped my heart, choked the breath out of me and I wept bitterly at his first vision of seeing his son. 'Resonate' is too delicate a word; this movie genuinely touched my heart and soul. Thank you, Mr. Estevez, and God bless you!

[@evonnesheim1434]

"The Way" inspired me to do 3 Caminos & im planning a 4th on my 75th bday!! Thank you for your enthusiasm!

[@harrykey2448]

I am 76 years old. I have done 18 Caminos and will be walking again from Le Puy to Santiago in JuneJuly. My Caminos began way before the film. I hate the film

[@evonnesheim1434]

@harrykey2448 congratulations!!

[@TeresaCook-de6jo]

May 2025 Camino de Frances here we come!

[@UnbrokenWillll]

Love Emilio’s passion

[@asturiasceltic3183]

So many people have told my Dad that he looks like Emilio along with his look alike grandfather, who was Asturian right next to Galicia.

[@michaelmatta3365]

I did the Camino Primitivo The original one And I still dream of it Oviedo to Santiago

[@rc1952]

I’m just watching ‘The Way’ movie with Martin Sheen now. January 2025 fort time. Martin Sheen is great in the film. I’m enjoying watching it. I like the fat Dutch guy, the broken lady, the Irish writers block, the encounters among the journey. For me that trip is about being in the moment, exercising your body, symbols like monuments and rocks and markers, relationships and scenery. These things combined simplify your day and bring you into the PRESENT, and that is where you can have your deepest spiritual moments in life. They now call it mindfulness but it is just being present in this moment. I can get it swimming, doing pottery or anything fully engaging. I think that is why the pilgrimage is life changing, life affirming and special.

[@JamesSheenOnline]

Yeah, but he didn't actually do it, did he?! Nor did Martin Sheen. Its very easy to drive from one place to another, totally another thing to actually do it...

[@pilargarcia7027]

Burgos no es un pueblo es una ciudad muy importante y antigua,fue cabeza de Castilla.Y una de las catedrales goticas mas impresionantes de España

[@evonnesheim1434]

Burgos is beyond beautiful!!

[@nonyabiz550]

He's such a weerdoh.

[@estellagutierrez4615]

mmm did you really do the Camino ...

[@harrykey2448]

I absolutely hate the impact that this film has had on the Camino experience. Now the Camino Frances, especially, is swamped with American turigrinos (tourists) who's terms of reference are the film rather than the Camino itself. I have asked many American turigrinos simple questions such as "Why is the route called the Frances" and they haven't a clue. Since the release of the film there has been a huge increase in people, mostly Americans, using private accommodation and shipping their packs on by courier service. All this has had a knock-on effect of increasing the cost of everything along the route. It has become a much more commercialised experience all round.

[@TeresaCook-de6jo]

No buen Camino.