Tom (Martin Sheen), after cremating the remains of his son who perished accidentally on the Camino de Santiago, decides to undertake the hike to Campostella and beyond himself. Cue 3 other pilgrims - a jovial, overweight pot-smoking Dutchman, the mad Irish writer and a sultry, cynical, chain-smoking single Canadian woman. Other caricatures abound: honest gitanos dancing in the firelight; flighty, independent-minded Basques; the arrogant French, exuberant Iberians etc. A kinship of sorts develops between the four principal protagonists.
Vaguely diverting, with agreeable mountain scenery and architecture encountered en route.
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