The Constant Gardener (2005)
Directed by Fernando Meirelles
When his activist wife is killed near Lake Turkana, a mild British diplomat in Nairobi follows her investigation into a drug company's trials from London and Germany back to the Kenyan north and southern Sudan.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Lecture≈ 00:06:00London, EnglandInferred
Tessa heckles Justin's lecture and the two quickly fall for each other.
- 2Quayles' home and Kibera≈ 00:10:00Nairobi, KenyaStated on screen
In Nairobi Justin tends his garden while Tessa works with patients in the slums and gathers evidence on a drug trial.
- 3Lokichogio, Kenya--:--:--Stated on screen
Tessa leaves with the doctor Arnold Bluhm for the north, carrying a letter she took.
- 4Lodwar, Kenya--:--:--Stated on screen
Tessa and Arnold stop at Lodwar before hiring a car and driver.
- 5Lake Turkana, Kenya≈ 00:03:00Stated on screen
Tessa and her driver are found dead by the lake.
- 6London, England≈ 00:45:00Stated on screen
- 7Hippo activists≈ 01:05:00Berlin, GermanyInferred
- 8Nairobi, Kenya≈ 01:15:00Stated on screen
- 9Lorbeer's village≈ 01:40:00Lorbeer's village in southern SudanStated on screenFictional
- 10Lake Turkana, Kenya≈ 01:55:00Stated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 22,901 km
- Places
- 7
- Countries
- 4
- Stops
- 10
- Not shown: 14,306 km
- Plane: 8,525 km
- Car: 70 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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