Life of Pi (2012)
Directed by Ang Lee
A zookeeper's son from Pondicherry survives the sinking of the freighter carrying his family to Canada and drifts across the Pacific for months in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger until he reaches Mexico.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Family zoo≈ 00:08:00Pondicherry, IndiaStated on screen
Pi grows up in his father's zoo, where a Bengal tiger called Richard Parker lives.
- 2Freighter sinks≈ 00:38:00Mariana Trench, Pacific OceanStated on screen
Carrying the family and their animals to Canada, the freighter sinks in a storm; Pi ends up in a lifeboat with a tiger.
- 3Lifeboat adrift≈ 00:45:00Pacific OceanInferred
- 4The floating island≈ 01:30:00InferredFictional
- 5Beach landing and hospital≈ 01:48:00Pacific coast of MexicoStated on screen
- 6Adult Pi's home≈ 00:03:00Montreal, CanadaStated on screen
In the present, adult Pi tells his story to a writer.
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 24,452 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 3
- Stops
- 6
- Boat: 20,381 km
- Not shown: 4,071 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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