Parisian director Christopher Hanany is a former professional dancer and urban explorer, an adrenaline-fuelled activity often shortened to Urbex, that involves entering dilapidated or abandoned buildings that are boarded up and cordoned off from the public. In his latest project, Hanany combines his two passions, dance and exploration, while evoking the Urbex mantra: Take nothing but photos, leave nothing but footprints.

“I explore the forgotten places of our world and transmit a message of how they inspire me," says Hanany, whose film culminates in a gripping dance performed by choreographer Yohann Hebi Daher in front of France’s failed Aérotrain project.

The colossal concrete structure in The Way is all that remains of the Aérotrain test track. It was designed to accommodate a hovertrain that would operate a high-speed service between Paris and Orléans, 80 miles to the south. This "train without wheels," as it was described in the Sixties, looked to revolutionize transport but due to lack of funding and the government’s interest in developing the TGV network, the Aérotrain never came to be. The test track still remains today, ending abruptly in a field near Artenay.

The Way is a reminder that our plans for the future may not always come to pass, which is why we must treat life as a journey, not the destination: never dwelling on failures but choosing to savor experiences. Hanany leaves the audience with his poetic philosophy:

"Life is a line we walk on. No matter what choices we make, life always moves forward.

Every step of life pushes us to walk on this line where sometimes we fall.

However, the days spent on this path where it is difficult to keep the balance keep us alive.

Often the goal is to reach the destination but at the end, everything stops.

We who were always looking far away, in an incessant rhythm. Let's finally take the time to contemplate the path that brought us here.

Because in the end, what counts is the path taken and not the destination."