JennyH94 asked for some help in finding locations used in the film "The Way", starring Martin Sheen and directed by his son, Emilio Estevez. I put some answers on her post, but I thought it might help her and other "tragics" if I provided a list of all the locations I have been told or found by myself. In looking at the film in such detail, I found several occasions when the pilgrims (Tom, Joost, Sarah and Jack) were walking in the wrong direction. There are other scenes that occur in the wrong order. The well known one, Albergue Orisson, has been acknowledged by Estevez, who said that they noticed it too late, as the film had already been sent off to the distributors. I do not want you to think that I am criticising the film or ridiculing it. I enjoyed the film and felt it represented the Camino Francés pretty well. I walked the Camino Francés twice from StJPdP and the Arles route from Lescar before I saw the film. There are some question marks in bold in my list. If anyone knows where these locations are, I'd be pleased to hear from you.
The original times are from my recording of the BBC broadcast and seem to be only approximate (not to the second). Add between 1 and 4 minutes to get the times on the Youtube version.
I've added some of the Youtube timings in bold.
Rail station St Jean Pied-de-Port 8:18 - 9:01
Restaurant Oillarburu on Rue d'Eglise, St Jean PdP 00:12 -13 (Thanks, Bradypus) 13:03 - 14:41
How come Daniel was travelling with two jackets, one blue, one yellow/orange?
Why did he go the wrong way when standing next to a pointer to Roncevaux? 00:16
Tom leaves Hotel Continental 00:18 18:45-19:14
Captain Sebastian leads Tom to the wrong bridge 19:31 - 20:36
Tom stops at the pointer where Daniel went perversely the wrong way and sees Daniel 00:20
Goat cheese for sale (Se vende queso de cabra) Calle San Cristobal, Mezkiritz . The house in the distance is #8 Calle San Cristobal 0:29 30:24 - 30:38
By the fountain in Mezkiritz 0:29 30:38 - 43:44
Stone by side of road at Alto de Mezkiritz, 922 m above sea level 00:30 31:51 - 31:57
Akerreta 00:32 – 39 33:33 - 41:02
Albergue Orisson 00:39 41:23 (out of sequence)
Scene at the bridge 42°47'14.8"N 1°21'56.1"W over the río Irati near Aoiz, just below the Itoiz reservoir, whose floodgates were opened specially for the shooting of this scene. 41:52 - 44:07 (off Camino Francés). The bridge seems to have been renovated since 2009 -- there is now no pole sticking up at the breakwater seen at 41:59 -42:02, 42:08 - 42:22 and 42:23 - 42:28.
Portal de Francia, entrance to Pamplona 00:43
Caballo Blanco restaurant 00:43
Pamplona town hall 00:45
Zariquiegui 00:46 48:05 - 48:50 ("Wears off quick, I promise")
Alto del Perdón 00:48 – 49
Santa María de Eunate (they are off Camino) 00:50
Irache 00:50
Sansol (behind them) 1:01
Entering Torres del Rio at corner of Calle Desfiladero and Calle la Fuente 1:01
Road out of Torres del Río 1:05 walking in the wrong direction on NA-7251
The church tower in the distance at 1:08:02 - 1:08:16 is San Sepulcro. They are walking towards Sansol.
Shelter at 1:07 - 08 ?
Village in distance 1:09 Bargota (Thanks, Rodrigo) 1:12:52
Sarah sits by a large gate with two steps, at a café 1:09. The steps belong to the church at Bargota. There is no café there. The crew must have set up a few tables and chairs. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-dmFT6V4U2wup6EMuOA8FVX7bFeVLhMo/view?usp=drive_web . Thanks (again) Rodrigo.
CVNE bodega, Haro (off Camino) 1:12 – 17
Police station, Logroño, 1:17 – 20
Statue of a saint in a niche, over the door of the church of Santa María de Palacio, Logroño 1:18
Church spire 1:20 church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in La Briñas -- thanks, Kathar1na
Steps and bollards 1:20 also church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in La Briñas -- thanks again, Kathar1na
Tosantos El Castaño Bar 1:20
Briñas (off Camino) The section begins with a brief shot of a stone cross with a yellow arrow below it. A few minutes later, the group passes the same cross. The river is the Río Ebro. They are walking in the wrong direction, so they must have painted the yellow arrow themselves for the film. It is not there when you find the cross with Streetview (17 Calle Solana, Briñas). walking in the wrong direction on Calle Solana 1:20 – 22
Sign for El Rollo, Mirador del Ebro (off Camino) 1:22 1:25:53
Top of Arco de Santa María, Burgos, 1:23
Tom's rucksack stolen at Restaurante Rincón de España, Burgos, 1:24
How did Jack and Joost know that they were in a gypsy area?
Leaving El Parral, Calle San Amaro 4, Burgos, 1:32
Stick twirling 1:32. James Nesbitt is good at this. He played flute along with his father in a marching band, so he will have seen a lot of this mace throwing when he was young, and no doubt tried his hand at it.
Tosantos (again) Albergue Municipal (Tosantos comes before Burgos) 1:33
Stick twirling (again) in the same place as before 1:33
Entering Hornillos del Camino 1:33
Tom attends to Joost's eye (appropriately, since he's an ophthalmologist) near the church in Hornillos 1:33 1:37:25 - 1:37:33
Dormitory 1:33 ?
Rest area (área de descanso) Joost hugs Tom 1:33 ?
They see three flagellants, one carrying a cross 1:34 is at 42.573326 , -5.524135 just before León (out of sequence).
A view of Hornillos del Camino in the distance from the east – it should come before Hornillos 1:34 (out of sequence).
Meal at El Molino del Camino (off Camino) near Vilviestre de Muñó 1:34
Jack stands at the front of the church/monastery/hotel of San Zoilo, Carrión de los Condes, while the other three are walking past him in the wrong direction 1:35
walking in the wrong direction on the Bercianos - Reliegos road 1:35
Elvis Bar, Reliegos 1:35
León 1:36 – 1:40
Cruz de Ferro 1:40 – 1:43 1:45:16 - 1:47:33
Manjarín 1:43 1:47:34 - 1:47:45 close-up 1:47:45 - 1:47:48 wide shot.
Palloza at Foncebadón (out of sequence, it comes before Cruz de Ferro) 1:43
Santa Catalina de Somoza 1:43 See posts #57, 70, 71, 73
Church where Joost rings the bell 1:44 ?
O Cebreiro walking in the wrong direction 1:44
Monte do Gozo 1:46
Daniel (Emilio Estevez) pulling on the Botafumeiro 1:52
Daniel's compostela dated 5 November 2010 1:54 1:59:52
The original times are from my recording of the BBC broadcast and seem to be only approximate (not to the second). Add between 1 and 4 minutes to get the times on the Youtube version.
Rail station St Jean Pied-de-Port 8:18 - 9:01
Restaurant Oillarburu on Rue d'Eglise, St Jean PdP 00:12 -13 (Thanks, Bradypus) 13:03 - 14:41
How come Daniel was travelling with two jackets, one blue, one yellow/orange?
Why did he go the wrong way when standing next to a pointer to Roncevaux? 00:16
Tom leaves Hotel Continental 00:18 18:45-19:14
Captain Sebastian leads Tom to the wrong bridge 19:31 - 20:36
Tom stops at the pointer where Daniel went perversely the wrong way and sees Daniel 00:20
Goat cheese for sale (Se vende queso de cabra) Calle San Cristobal, Mezkiritz . The house in the distance is #8 Calle San Cristobal 0:29 30:24 - 30:38
By the fountain in Mezkiritz 0:29 30:38 - 43:44
Stone by side of road at Alto de Mezkiritz, 922 m above sea level 00:30 31:51 - 31:57
Akerreta 00:32 – 39 33:33 - 41:02
Albergue Orisson 00:39 41:23 (out of sequence)
Scene at the bridge 42°47'14.8"N 1°21'56.1"W over the río Irati near Aoiz, just below the Itoiz reservoir, whose floodgates were opened specially for the shooting of this scene. 41:52 - 44:07 (off Camino Francés). The bridge seems to have been renovated since 2009 -- there is now no pole sticking up at the breakwater seen at 41:59 -42:02, 42:08 - 42:22 and 42:23 - 42:28.
Portal de Francia, entrance to Pamplona 00:43
Caballo Blanco restaurant 00:43
Pamplona town hall 00:45
Zariquiegui 00:46 48:05 - 48:50 ("Wears off quick, I promise")
Alto del Perdón 00:48 – 49
Santa María de Eunate (they are off Camino) 00:50
Irache 00:50
Sansol (behind them) 1:01
Entering Torres del Rio at corner of Calle Desfiladero and Calle la Fuente 1:01
Road out of Torres del Río 1:05 walking in the wrong direction on NA-7251
The church tower in the distance at 1:08:02 - 1:08:16 is San Sepulcro. They are walking towards Sansol.
Shelter at 1:07 - 08 ?
Village in distance 1:09 Bargota (Thanks, Rodrigo) 1:12:52
Sarah sits by a large gate with two steps, at a café 1:09. The steps belong to the church at Bargota. There is no café there. The crew must have set up a few tables and chairs. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-dmFT6V4U2wup6EMuOA8FVX7bFeVLhMo/view?usp=drive_web . Thanks (again) Rodrigo.
CVNE bodega, Haro (off Camino) 1:12 – 17
Police station, Logroño, 1:17 – 20
Statue of a saint in a niche, over the door of the church of Santa María de Palacio, Logroño 1:18
Church spire 1:20 church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in La Briñas -- thanks, Kathar1na
Steps and bollards 1:20 also church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in La Briñas -- thanks again, Kathar1na
Tosantos El Castaño Bar 1:20
Briñas (off Camino) The section begins with a brief shot of a stone cross with a yellow arrow below it. A few minutes later, the group passes the same cross. The river is the Río Ebro. They are walking in the wrong direction, so they must have painted the yellow arrow themselves for the film. It is not there when you find the cross with Streetview (17 Calle Solana, Briñas). walking in the wrong direction on Calle Solana 1:20 – 22
Sign for El Rollo, Mirador del Ebro (off Camino) 1:22 1:25:53
Top of Arco de Santa María, Burgos, 1:23
Tom's rucksack stolen at Restaurante Rincón de España, Burgos, 1:24
How did Jack and Joost know that they were in a gypsy area?
Leaving El Parral, Calle San Amaro 4, Burgos, 1:32
Stick twirling 1:32. James Nesbitt is good at this. He played flute along with his father in a marching band, so he will have seen a lot of this mace throwing when he was young, and no doubt tried his hand at it.
Tosantos (again) Albergue Municipal (Tosantos comes before Burgos) 1:33
Stick twirling (again) in the same place as before 1:33
Entering Hornillos del Camino 1:33
Tom attends to Joost's eye (appropriately, since he's an ophthalmologist) near the church in Hornillos 1:33 1:37:25 - 1:37:33
Dormitory 1:33 ?
Rest area (área de descanso) Joost hugs Tom 1:33 ?
They see three flagellants, one carrying a cross 1:34 is at 42.573326 , -5.524135 just before León (out of sequence).
A view of Hornillos del Camino in the distance from the east – it should come before Hornillos 1:34 (out of sequence).
Meal at El Molino del Camino (off Camino) near Vilviestre de Muñó 1:34
Jack stands at the front of the church/monastery/hotel of San Zoilo, Carrión de los Condes, while the other three are walking past him in the wrong direction 1:35
walking in the wrong direction on the Bercianos - Reliegos road 1:35
Elvis Bar, Reliegos 1:35
León 1:36 – 1:40
Cruz de Ferro 1:40 – 1:43 1:45:16 - 1:47:33
Manjarín 1:43 1:47:34 - 1:47:45 close-up 1:47:45 - 1:47:48 wide shot.
Palloza at Foncebadón (out of sequence, it comes before Cruz de Ferro) 1:43
Santa Catalina de Somoza 1:43 See posts #57, 70, 71, 73
Church where Joost rings the bell 1:44 ?
O Cebreiro walking in the wrong direction 1:44
Monte do Gozo 1:46
Daniel (Emilio Estevez) pulling on the Botafumeiro 1:52
Daniel's compostela dated 5 November 2010 1:54 1:59:52
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