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WALKING THE CAMINO screens Saturday October 4th at 6:45 pm and Sunday October 5th at 4:15 pm at the Cleveland Cinematheque.]
Review by Pamela Zoslov
Four years ago, I attended a screening of
The Way, a movie about a group of people walking the Camino de Santiago, starring Martin Sheen and his son, Emilio Estevez, who directed. Sheen and Estevez were in attendance, talking about the film and graciously answering questions. Estevez said he had originally considered making a documentary rather than a fictional film, and after seeing his well-intentioned but overly sentimental drama, I thought the documentary would have been the better choice.
A wonderful documentary on the subject was released just last year: Lydia Smith's
WALKING THE CAMINO: SIX WAYS TO SANTIAGO. It's a superb account of the paths of six people of various ages and nationalities attempting to walk the ancient 500-mile Christian pilgrimage path in Spain, which has been followed by seekers for 1,200 years.
