Le Grand Voyage (2004)
Directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi
A French-Moroccan teenager reluctantly drives his devout father from the south of France to Mecca for the hajj, a long road trip through the Balkans, Turkey, Syria and Jordan.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Provence, France≈ 00:01:00Inferred
With his brother unable to drive, Réda is made to take his father on the pilgrimage by car.
- 2Italy≈ 00:08:00Inferred
Father and son clash in the car on the first stretch east.
- 3Bulgaria≈ 00:25:00Inferred
Across the Balkans an old woman in black attaches herself to them.
- 4Istanbul, Turkey≈ 00:45:00Stated on screen
In Istanbul Réda gets a glimpse of the city and they fall in with a talkative Turk.
- 5Umayyad Mosque, Damascus≈ 01:05:00Inferred
They stop at a great mosque in Damascus.
- 6Jordan≈ 01:15:00Inferred
Crossing Jordan, other pilgrims join the road south.
- 7Mecca, Saudi Arabia≈ 01:25:00Stated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 4,430 km
- Places
- 7
- Countries
- 7
- Stops
- 7
- Car: 4,430 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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