The English Patient (1996)
Directed by Anthony Minghella
In a ruined Tuscan monastery at the end of the war, a nurse cares for a burned man whose memories go back to mapping the Sahara from Cairo and an affair that ended in a desert cave.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Expedition and the Cave of Swimmers≈ 00:20:00Cave of Swimmers, Wadi Sura, Gilf KebirStated on screen
With the Royal Geographical Society expedition, Almásy finds the cave of painted swimmers and a sandstorm traps him and Katharine in a car.
- 2Cairo, Egypt≈ 00:45:00Stated on screen
Back in Cairo the two begin a secret affair amid hotel parties and bazaars.
- 3Geoffrey's plane crash≈ 01:55:00Cave of Swimmers, Wadi Sura, Gilf KebirStated on screen
- 4British outpost≈ 02:05:00El Taj (Kufra), LibyaStated on screen
- 5Return to the cave≈ 02:15:00Cave of Swimmers, Wadi Sura, Gilf KebirStated on screen
- 6Hospital convoy≈ 00:05:00ItalyInferred
In 1944 Hana travels with a hospital convoy, loses her friend to a mine and decides to stay behind with the dying patient.
- 7Ruined monastery≈ 00:15:00Abandoned monastery in Tuscany (fictional)Stated on screenFictional
Hana nurses the patient in the monastery, Caravaggio arrives with his own reasons for asking questions, and a sapper clears mines.
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 6,041 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 3
- Stops
- 7
- Not shown: 4,522 km
- Plane: 1,129 km
- On foot: 205 km
- Truck: 185 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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