My Name Is Emily (2015)
Directed by Simon Fitzmaurice
A teenager in Dublin foster care persuades a shy classmate to drive her north across Ireland in his grandmother's yellow Renault 4 to free her father from a psychiatric hospital.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Foster home and school≈ 00:02:00Dublin, IrelandInferred
Living with foster parents, Emily clashes with her new school until a quiet classmate, Arden, befriends her.
- 2Hitchhiking in the rain≈ 00:28:00IrelandInferred
They skip school, fail to get a lift in the rain, then set off in Arden's grandmother's yellow Renault 4, shoplifting at a supermarket and dodging a Garda.
- 3Beach camp≈ 00:45:00IrelandInferred
- 4Robert Egan's psychiatric institution (fictional)≈ 00:58:00InferredFictional
- 5Arden's grandfather's summerhouse (fictional)≈ 01:10:00InferredFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 286 km
- Places
- 4
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 5
- Car: 170 km
- On foot: 116 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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