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A doctor travels to France to retrieve the body of his son, who died retracing the journey of a historical pilgrimage through the Pyrenees. He decides that he will complete the trek in his son's honour, and acquires a number of travelling companions all looking for meaning in their lives. Comedy drama based on the book by Jack Hitt, starring Martin Sheen, Deborah Kara Unger, James Nesbitt and Emilio Estevez, who also directed
2010
Comedy
General
Literary Adaptation
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Martin Sheen
(Actor)
.. Tom
Deborah Kara Unger
(Actor)
.. Sarah
James Nesbitt
(Actor)
.. Jack
Yorick van Wageningen
(Actor)
.. Joost
Emilio Estevez
(Actor)
.. Daniel
Tcheky Karyo
(Actor)
.. Capt Henri
Spencer Garrett
(Actor)
.. Phil
Angela Molina
(Actor)
.. Angelica
More Information
Did You Know..
Martin Sheen
(Actor)
.. Tom
Born:
August 03, 1940
in
Dayton, Ohio
Best Known For:
Being the patriarch of an acting family.
Early-life:
Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez was born on August 3, 1940, in Dayton, Ohio. He's the seventh of 10 children from a poor, but close-knit, Catholic family. His Irish mother died when he was 11. He deliberately failed his college exams to pursue an acting career, much to his Spanish father's dismay. At 18, Sheen borrowed money from a priest to move to Manhattan, where he found employment as a curtain puller and prop man. He adopted his current name to avoid being typecast.
Career:
Sheen toured Europe with the Living Theatre group in 1961 and starred on Broadway before moving to Hollywood. His big break came in Terrence Malick's 1973 cult classic Badlands. He had a heart attack while filming 1979's Apocalypse Now, and later became a passionate campaigner on human rights issues. He's since featured in projects such as Gandhi, miniseries Kennedy, Wall Street (alongside son Charlie) and Catch Me If You Can. Sheen starred as a White House aide in romantic comedy The American President, which led to him being cast as the US leader in acclaimed TV drama The West Wing. He had a small but eye-catching part in Oscar-laden cop movie The Departed. He has also starred in Bobby and The Way, both directed by his son Emilio Estevez. He played Ben Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).
Quote:
On his son Charlie's wild ways: 'I absolutely believe that he'll come through it'.
Trivia:
Has played American presidents four times; Jed Bartlett on The West Wing (1999), in the TV movie Medusa's Child (1997), as John F. Kennedy in the miniseries Kennedy (1983), and as the 'future' president (in a premonition) Greg Stilson in The Dead Zone (1983).
Deborah Kara Unger
(Actor)
.. Sarah
James Nesbitt
(Actor)
.. Jack
Born:
January 15, 1965
in
Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Best Known For:
Playing Adam in Cold Feet.
Early-life:
Born January 15, 1965, in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. He has three older sisters. The son of a primary school headmaster, he grew up in Broughshane, County Antrim. Keen on sport, he excelled at rugby and football, and was also musical, singing in local festivals. He originally intended to be a teacher, but school productions and amateur dramatics inspired him to become a professional actor. He left the University of Ulster a year into studying for a degree in French to attend the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, where fellow students included Stephen Tompkinson and Rufus Sewell.
Career:
After working in theatre, Nesbitt made his TV debut in Boon and his first film, Hear My Song, in 1991. He hasn't looked back, appearing in a string of hits on both the big and small screens, including Waking Ned, Jude, Touching Evil, and Playing The Field. Cold Feet turned him into a major TV star, while acclaimed film Bloody Sunday marked him out as a gifted serious actor. The lead role of a maverick cop in TV drama Murphy's Law was written especially for him. He's also starred in Quite Ugly One Morning, Match Point and Five Minutes of Heaven. Nesbitt has also been seen in The Deep, Babylon, Monroe, The Hobbit. and The Missing.
Quote:
'I'm an extremely fortunate and privileged man who gets constantly challenged in a job that's taken me to extraordinary places and enabled me to meet great teachers in all walks of life.'
Trivia:
He is a Manchester United supporter.
Yorick van Wageningen
(Actor)
.. Joost
Emilio Estevez
(Actor)
.. Daniel
Born:
May 12, 1962
in
Staten Island, New York
Best Known For:
Being a member of the acting Brat Pack in the 1980s.
Early-life:
Emilio was born in Staten Island, New York, on May 12, 1962, the son of artist Janet Templeton and actor Martin Sheen. He is the brother of actor Charlie Sheen. Emilio lived in Manhattan until his family relocated to Malibu in 1968. He had a small role as an extra in Apocalypse Now (1979) that was cut from the film.
Career:
Estevez appeared in a number of TV movies before making his big-screen debut opposite Matt Dillon in Tex (1982). He went on to star in a run of popular movies such as The Outsiders (1983), Repo Man (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), St Elmo's Fire (1985), Stakeout (1987) and its sequel, Young Guns (1988) and its sequel, and The Mighty Ducks (1992) and its two sequels. Away from acting, Emilio has also directed a number of projects, including the movies Men at Work (1990), The War at Home (1996), Bobby (2006), and The Way (2010), and TV shows The Guardian, Cold Case CSI: NY, and Numb3rs.
Quote:
'The most significant thing my father has taught me is that my job is no more or less important than someone else's.'
Trivia:
Estevez was briefly married to singer Paul Abdul from 1992 to 1994. He was once engaged to actress Demi Moore.
Tcheky Karyo
(Actor)
.. Capt Henri
Spencer Garrett
(Actor)
.. Phil
Angela Molina
(Actor)
.. Angelica
