Warm-up

1. Find a definition of the word “pilgrimage”.

2. Why do people go on a pilgrimage?
3. What famous pilgrim itineraries do you know?
4. Would you go on a pilgrimage? Why or why not?

Vocabulary
1. Translate the following expressions into Russian.

1. go overseas
2. itinerary
3. picking up and leaving it all behind
4. pilgrim – pilgrimage – be on pilgrimage – make pilgrimage
5. to give me another pep talk
6. to detour – a detour
7. a stone’s throw away
8. My feet are killing me
9. seek penance for
10. to tag along – a tag-along
11. to get away from everything
12. Wear off
13. stop to smell the flowers
14. brim with significance
15. in the middle of nowhere
16. to live off the land
17. to get out of a true jam
18. a weary traveler
19. cut him some slack
20. come in handy.

2. Watch the extracts and fill in the gaps.

(10:00 – 12:20) CAPTAIN SEBASTIAN: This is everything he had when we found him.
TOM AVERY: What happened?
CS: It was an accident. The weather in the Pyrenees is famous for being ____________,
and I'm sure Daniel would have been warned by the locals. You were not close with him?
TA: Not since his mother died, I'm sorry to say. What was he doing out there?
CS: He was on pilgrimage on the Camino, walking the road to Santiago de Compostela. People
from very different __________, ________ and ____________ have walked the path from here
in the French Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela, ____________ on the northwestern coast of
Spain for over a thousand years. We believers are told that the remains of Saint James, the
apostle of Jesus are interred there, and so we _______________. This is what your son Daniel
was doing.
TA: Why was he alone?
CS: Many people choose to make the trek alone. The Way is a very ____________, Mr. Avery.
This is the shell, __________ of the pilgrim making the journey. And this, this is Daniel's
passport for the Camino. It is to be ________ ________ at every important stop along the route
through Spain. And the first ________ is here in Saint-Jean. When you arrive at the end, the
passport should look like this. I have walked the Camino to the Atlantic Ocean three times, there
and back. I will do it once more on my ____________, God willing, of course.
TA: Daniel was my only child

(1:05:35 – 1:07:00) JACK: Now, this, this is a ____________________.

JOOST: Cheers to that, even though I hated camping as a boy.

SARAH: "____________________"? What do you mean by that?

JACK: Ah, well, I'm talking about tradition in the purest sense. A true pilgrim walks the Camino
with nothing. He has to _______________, he has to accept the kindness presented to him, and
he has to carry his goods on his back. Pilgrim is poor and must ________.

SARAH: That ________ me as extreme to say the only way to be a true pilgrim is to imitate
what we like to think a true pilgrim is. Should a pilgrim dress himself as a ________ even if he
isn't? Do we ________________ by imitating them? I don't think that pilgrims 500 years ago
ignored the ____________ of the road any more than we should now.

JOOST: Yeah, and what about pilgrims on bikes or…or pilgrims that do the Camino
__________?

JACK: No, tradition would dismiss bikers at least. Biking or riding requires less suffering and
less work.

SARAH: The difficulty of the walk is ________ in walking. But I don't think we have to
__________ add more __________ than is already there. That, in my opinion, is being a false
pilgrim, not a true one.
JACK: If you were a man, I would challenge you to pistols at dawn.

SARAH: What do you think, Boomer?

JACK: Finally, an American __________________.

3. While watching the film fill in the chart.

Name Country/city Occupation (if Reasons for Where and Do they
of origin mentioned) making when do they accomplish
pilgrimage start their what they
journey? set out to
do?
Tom Avery

Joost
 Sarah

Jack

Frank

4. Answer the questions

1. What was Tom’s relationship with his son Daniel?
2. Why does Tom change his mind and go on pilgrimage?
3. What does Captain Sebastian give Tom a stone for?
4. Why does Frank, the priest, give Tom his rosary?
5. Why is Tom taken to the police station? Who bails him out?
6. What does Ishmael Villalobos, the gypsy man, do to make up for his son’s wrongdoing?
What advice does he give Tom?
7. What do the pilgrims feel when they finally reach the Cathedral of Santiago de
Compostela?
8. Why do Sarah, Joost and Jack change their mind and accompany Tom to the coast?
9. In the scene by the sea Tom says to Daniel: “I came here to bring you home. I don’t have
anything to take back.” Daniel answers: “Aye, you do”. What does he mean?
10. How does the pilgrimage change each of the characters?

5. Comment on the following statements from the film:

1. You don't choose a life, Dad. You live one.
2. You walk the Way for yourself, only for yourself.
3. They say that miracles happen out here on the Camino de Santiago.