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“With a small crew, we were able to work within the ebb and flow of the Camino. We became invisible and nimble, and that allowed us to film the real Camino.” THE WAY, MY WAY opens March 7.

February 19, 2025 by Jordan Deglise Moore

The Way, My Way, which we open March 7 at our Claremont, Santa Monica, and Encino theaters, is the charming and captivating true story of a stubborn, self-centered Australian man who decides to walk the 800 kilometer-long Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route through Spain. He doesn’t know why he’s doing it… but one step at a time, it will change him and his outlook on life forever. Based on Bill Bennett’s best-selling memoir of the same name.

Bennett penned the following about The Way, My Way:

“I really didn’t want to make this film. I didn’t want to make a film about myself; about my failings and vulnerabilities, and hardships which took me right to the brink. Finally I decided to give it a shot – but then I was faced with the question: how do I make a film on the Camino and make it real?

“I decided the only way to tell my story truthfully was to shoot with a very small crew and use the actual pilgrims I’d walked with ten years earlier. Of the twenty speaking parts in the film, only four are professional actors. The rest are pilgrims.

“They proved to be stellar. They set the standard. They held the truth, the authenticity. The professional actors had to step up to the pilgrims’ benchmark. In fact, we all had to, even those of us behind the cameras.

“And with a small crew, we were able to work within the ebb and flow of the Camino. We became invisible and nimble, and that allowed us to film the real Camino.

“The decision to cast the real pilgrims dictated so many other major creative decisions for me as a director. The shooting style, the editing style, the tone of the movie, the staging and blocking of scenes – even what film gear we should use.

“It all had to point towards the authenticity of the Camino experience.

“Now having almost completed post-production, I feel I’ve achieved what I set out to do – to make a truthful film about a man who ultimately undergoes a fundamental shift in character and outlook, through walking the Camino.”

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Filed Under: Claremont 5, Director's Statement, Featured Films, Filmmaker's Statement, Santa Monica, Theater Buzz, Town Center 5

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erik
erik
2 months ago

This was an awesomely fun movie. And to be able to meet the director, and Writer himself, Bill Bennet, along with his wife, and also meeting Johnny Walker Santiago….Only at Laemmle!

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DrMark Philloips
DrMark Philloips
3 months ago

It is difficult to imagine that ANY theater would be showing the movie NO OTHER LAND in ight of the return of two strangled Jewish babies from the hands of Hamas terrorists, not to mention the dozens of hostages still unaccounted for. I am dismayed and disgusted this is happening in our town.

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erik
erik
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2 months ago

not all Palestinians are Hamas. But you are commenting on the wrong movie.

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