The Map that Leads to You (2025)

She’s Heather from Texas, he’s Jack from New Zealand. They’re opposites: she has her future mapped out; he’s living for today. (She’s probably a Capricorn and he’s probably a Cancer, just sayin’.)

They meet on an overnight train ride through Spain. Their only thing in common is that they’re both reading “The Sun Also Rises” by Ernest Hemingway.

Hemingway investigates the themes of love and death, the revivifying power of nature, and the concept of masculinity. His spare writing style, combined with his restrained use of description to convey characterizations and action, demonstrates his “Iceberg Theory” of writing.

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(That’s a hint, folks.) Heather (and her companion girlfriends, Amy and Connie) are supposed to have one last day in Barcelona before flying back to the States to resume their lives. Jack persuades Heather to stay for a while longer. Then they embark on a two week odyssey, using Jack’s great grandfather’s post-WWII journal as their guide. The film turns into a travelogue, of sorts.

What made this Prime Video film so special was the young lady who plays Heather. Madelyn Cline, looks like Susan’s granddaughter Morgan. Every time Ms. Cline smiled, our hearts lit up.

But the road to true love never runs smoothly. Along the way, everyone has to find their own true path in life.

As a post script, I must admit to loving the scenery, and especially the views of the stops along the way. I’ve been to Barcelona, and I think I’ve passed Santa Pau on the road from France. It’s all so familiar to me, even in retrospect.