The Way

Produced and Directed

by Emilio Estevez

Laura Flippin

Personal Touch

Emilio Estevez directed and produced the film

It is inspired by his son

It stars his father

It is dedicated to his grandfather

Father and Son

Father is not a religious man

Son is driven to complete a pilgrimage to conquer the

Camino de Santiago, also referred to as The Way of

St. James

Prior to this, the father and son did not have an easy

relationship

Sadness

The father gets notice that his son has passed away

on the journey

The father must go to identify the body

The father finds himself on the journey and decides to

complete it and to spread his sons ashes over The

Way

On the Journey

The father meets 3 travelers that insist on traveling

with him

The father sees his son in visions

Somehow, the father reconciles his issues with his son

The Way

The Way presents an extremely realistic father son

relationship. Unfortunately not all family relationships are

easy; but they are family. When the father finds himself on

the sons path, he comes to understand his son better. It is

sometimes important to remember that even if family, all

people chose to view things differently and to accept that is

beautiful.

Laura Flippin

Laura Flippin is a lawyer and works as a partner at

DLA Piper’s Litigation practice.

In her spare time she loves to travel, read, dine out,

and watch movies

Read more in depth about her take on great movies

on her website: http://LauraFlippin.org