Where They Went

Contagion (2011)

Directed by Steven Soderbergh

A businesswoman flies home to Minneapolis from Hong Kong carrying a new virus, and disease detectives from Atlanta and Geneva race to trace it as it spreads around the world.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Casino
    Macau
    ≈ 01:40:00
    Stated on screen
  2. 2O'Hare airport bar
    Chicago, Illinois
    ≈ 00:01:00
    Stated on screen

    On her layover Beth meets a former lover, already coughing.

  3. 3Emhoff home
    Minneapolis, Minnesota
    ≈ 00:03:00
    Stated on screen

    Back home Beth collapses, and Mitch is left with their daughter and his own strange immunity.

  4. 3CDC
    Atlanta, Georgia
    ≈ 00:10:00
    Stated on screen

    Cheever heads the CDC response and sends Mears to Minnesota.

  5. 3WHO
    Geneva, Switzerland
    ≈ 00:15:00
    Stated on screen

    The WHO sends Orantes to trace the outbreak's origin.

  6. 4Contact tracing
    Minneapolis, Minnesota
    ≈ 00:20:00
    Stated on screen
  7. 4Hong Kong
    ≈ 00:25:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
24,119 km
Places
6
Countries
4
Stops
7
  • Plane: 24,119 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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