: A powerful drama written and directed by Emilio Estevez starring Martin Sheen. It follows an American doctor who travels to France to recover the body of his estranged son, who died while trekking the Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James). To honor his son, the father decides to complete the 800-kilometer pilgrimage himself.
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