Where They Went

The Tourist (2010)

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Watched by police in Paris, a woman picks an American tourist on the train to Venice as a decoy for her vanished lover, dragging him into a chase across the city's canals.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Café
    Paris, France
    ≈ 00:02:00
    Stated on screen

    Elise is shadowed to a café where a note tells her to take the train to Venice; Acheson's team watches from a van.

  2. 2Train from Paris to Venice
    ≈ 00:12:00
    Stated on screen

    On the train she chooses Frank, a maths teacher from Wisconsin, as her decoy.

  3. 3Hotel Danieli, Venice
    ≈ 00:22:00
    Stated on screen

    Elise takes Frank to her suite at the Danieli; next morning Shaw's men come for him.

  4. 4Rooftops and canals
    Venice, Italy
    ≈ 00:40:00
    Stated on screen

    Frank flees across rooftops, is arrested, and Elise rescues him in a boat chase before leaving him at the airport.

  5. 5Masked ball
    Venice, Italy
    ≈ 01:05:00
    Inferred
  6. 6House with the safe
    Venice, Italy
    ≈ 01:20:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
1,718 km
Places
4
Countries
2
Stops
6
  • Not shown: 843 km
  • Train: 675 km
  • Boat: 198 km
  • On foot: 2.1 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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