Where They Went

Toni Erdmann (2016)

Directed by Maren Ade

A prank-loving music teacher from Aachen turns up unannounced in Bucharest, where his daughter works as a corporate consultant, and when she sends him home he returns as a ridiculous alter ego.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Winfried's house
    Aachen, Germany
    ≈ 00:01:00
    Stated on screen

    Winfried pranks a delivery man and sees Ines briefly on her visit home.

  2. 2Ines's office tower
    Bucharest, Romania
    ≈ 00:22:00
    Stated on screen

    Winfried waits in her office lobby, tags along to an embassy reception and annoys her clients.

  3. 3Bar
    Bucharest, Romania
    ≈ 00:58:00
    Stated on screen

    'Toni Erdmann', a life coach in a bad wig and false teeth, appears at a bar with her friends.

  4. 4Romanian family's Easter party
    Bucharest, Romania
    ≈ 01:50:00
    Inferred
  5. 5Ines's flat
    Bucharest, Romania
    ≈ 02:10:00
    Stated on screen
  6. 6Family garden after the funeral
    Aachen, Germany
    ≈ 02:30:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
3,303 km
Places
2
Countries
2
Stops
6
  • Not shown: 3,303 km

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

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