In July (2000)
Directed by Fatih Akin
A shy Hamburg trainee teacher drives off to meet a woman under a bridge in Istanbul, with the street vendor who secretly loves him tagging along across southeastern Europe.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Party, Elbe and the Autobahn≈ 00:03:00Hamburg, GermanyStated on screen
Daniel buys a sun ring from Juli, falls for Melek at a party and sets off for Istanbul with Juli as his hitchhiker.
- 2Hotel after the breakdown≈ 00:22:00Bavaria, GermanyStated on screen
After the car breaks down they spend a night in a hotel.
- 3Budapest, Hungary≈ 00:38:00Stated on screen
Drugged and robbed in a club by the driver who gave him a lift, Daniel wins his ring back at a flea market.
- 4Hungarian–Romanian border≈ 00:50:00Stated on screen
- 5Danube between Romania and Bulgaria≈ 01:00:00Stated on screen
- 6Bulgarian–Turkish border≈ 01:10:00Stated on screen
- 7Under the Bosphorus Bridge≈ 01:25:00Bosphorus Bridge by the Ortaköy Mosque, IstanbulStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 3,422 km
- Places
- 7
- Countries
- 5
- Stops
- 7
- Not shown: 1,985 km
- Car: 1,437 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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