City Cinema Schedule

The Way at Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 7:00

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Only 4 days left to see this film.

Rated: 14 Accompaniment (Substance Abuse, Language May Offend)
Runs: 123 minutes
Director: Emilio Estevez
Country: US/Spain
Released: 2011
Starring: Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Deborah Kara Unger, James Nesbitt

�After the sudden death of his globe-trekking son Daniel, Tom (Martin Sheen) flies to the Pyrenees to collect his body. But he spontaneously decides to complete Daniel�s journey, scattering his son�s ashes along El Camino de Santiago, which becomes a life-changing experience. Director Estevez took inspiration from Jack Hitt�s collection of stories, Off The Road, and contrived the perfect, personalised excuse for father and son to make the journey together. And what good travelling companions they prove. Sheen�s Tom is a widower and affluent Californian opthamologist who is on the golf course when he gets the call that his son has died in a freak storm while hiking in southern France. Tom is bewildered as well as bereft. The two had parted unpleasantly, Tom insistent on choosing a conventional life and getting on with it while Daniel opted to wander the world, arguing, �You don�t choose a life, you live it.� On a rare impulse, Tom decides to honour Daniel�s philosophy by embarking on the El Camino de Santiago himself. The physical demands of walking 800 km and the unwanted company of fellow travellers are initially things Tom endures in his impatience to reach journey�s end. But along the way, nudged by visions of Daniel savouring a small incident, a gorgeous landscape, a moment, Tom finds himself looking inwards and letting himself experience the journey itself. En route he attracts a band of inescapable companions, each with a tale to tell, including an exuberant, wining and dining, dope-smoking Dutchman, a bitter Canadian and a talkative Irish author with writer�s block. Camaraderie, revelations and misadventures come with the blisters. Bedecked with an eclectic score, humour and tears, it�s a mood piece as much as it�s about characters... Sheen�s subtle performance � surly, uptight, cautiously poignant � builds in emotional impact, prompting one�s own reflections on the journey of life.� - Angie Errio, Empire

City Cinema Schedule

The Way at Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 7:00

The Way at Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 7:00

The Way at Monday, February 6, 2012 at 7:00

My Week With Marilyn at Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 9:00

Monsieur Lazhar at Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 7:00

Monsieur Lazhar at Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 9:05

My Week With Marilyn at Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 7:00

My Week With Marilyn at Friday, February 3, 2012 at 9:00

Monsieur Lazhar at Friday, February 3, 2012 at 7:00

Monsieur Lazhar at Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 7:00

Monsieur Lazhar at Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 7:00

Monsieur Lazhar at Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 7:00

Monsieur Lazhar at Monday, January 30, 2012 at 7:00

2011 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity at Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 9:00

Monsieur Lazhar at Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 7:00

Monsieur Lazhar at Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 9:00

2011 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity at Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 7:00

2011 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity at Friday, January 27, 2012 at 9:00

Monsieur Lazhar at Friday, January 27, 2012 at 7:00

2011 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity at Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 7:00