Wednesday – February 12th, 2025.
Experience the transformative journey of the Camino de Santiago in Bill Bennett’s latest film, THE WAY, MY WAY.
Join Bill and Jennifer in San Antonio, Texas, on February 12th for a special preview screening with Q&A afterward.
Many in our Awakening Community will remember Australian filmmaker Bill Bennett and his wife Jennifer Cluff debuting their movies PGS: Intuition Is Your Personal Guidance System (2018) and Facing Fear (2023) in Austin, Texas.
About This Movie
THE WAY, MY WAY is the charming and captivating true story of a stubborn, self-centered Australian man who decides to walk the 800-kilometre-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.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
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 4 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.
Bill Bennett
Writer/Director/Producer
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Showtime
Wednesday, February 12th
6pm
Movie Theater
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Park North
618 NW Loop 410, Ste 307
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(210) 729-9293
Cost
$11.75/ticket + taxes and fees
Tickets
https://drafthouse.com/san-antonio/event/live-q-a-the-way-my-way?showSeats=true
https://pgstheway.com/2025/01/25/the-way-my-way-qa-tour-tickets-now-on-sale
For More Information
https://thewaymywaymovie.com
https://thewaymywaymovie.com/press-release
https://pgstheway.com/2025/01/21/the-way-my-way-us-canada-update
Social Media
instagram.com/billbennettoz
facebook.com/billbennettthewaymyway
instagram.com/the_way_my_way
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