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Journeys from fiction drawn on the real world

Michael Winterbottom · 2020 · road

Michael Winterbottom's 2020 finale. Coogan and Brydon retrace the route of Odysseus from the ruins of Troy across Greece to Ithaca - Athens, Delphi, the mainland coast - trading impressions and barbs over long lunches, the comedy shadowed this time by grief and the sense of a journey, and a partnership, reaching its end.

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    Troy

    They begin at the ruins of Troy in Turkey, setting out to retrace the homeward voyage of Odysseus.

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    Athens

    Across the Aegean to Athens and the glories of the classical world.

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    Delphi

    Inland to Delphi, navel of the ancient world and seat of its oracle.

  4. 4
    Astakos

    They drive to the little west-coast port of Astakos to catch the boat across to the islands.

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    Ithaca

    And on at last to Ithaca, the island home at the end of the long way round.

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The Trip to Greece Map: Michael Winterbottom's Journey