Dear Diary (1993)
Directed by Nanni Moretti
In three chapters, Nanni Moretti rides his Vespa through summer Rome out to Ostia, hops between the Aeolian Islands with a friend, and goes from doctor to doctor about an itch.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Vespa rides through the districts≈ 00:00:00Rome, ItalyStated on screen
Nanni cruises empty summer streets, from Garbatella to Spinaceto, musing on houses and films.
- 2Pasolini memorial≈ 00:25:00Idroscalo di Ostia (Pasolini memorial)Stated on screen
He rides out to the place where Pasolini was killed.
- 3Lipari, Aeolian Islands, Italy≈ 00:32:00Stated on screen
Nanni joins his Joyce-reading friend, but the island is too busy to work.
- 4Salina, Aeolian Islands, Italy≈ 00:42:00Stated on screen
Friends' children tyrannise the household and Gerardo discovers TV soaps.
- 5Stromboli, Aeolian Islands, Italy≈ 00:52:00Stated on screen
An eccentric mayor ropes them into grand plans.
- 6Panarea, Aeolian Islands, Italy≈ 00:58:00Stated on screen
A brief, unappealing stop among fashionable visitors.
- 7Alicudi, Aeolian Islands, Italy≈ 01:00:00Stated on screen
On the island without electricity Gerardo cracks and leaves on the next boat.
- 8Doctors' offices≈ 01:10:00Rome, ItalyInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 1,002 km
- Places
- 7
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 8
- Not shown: 835 km
- Boat: 139 km
- Motorcycle: 27 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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