On Passover we mark the beginning of the Israelites' journey in the desert • Usually Passover is also our time of travel, but this year we have to settle for virtual trips • Get recommendations for travel videos that will take you far, even during quarantine

• "American Honey"

• "Jerry"

• "Stuck in the road"

• "to the end of the world"

• "Simple story"

Mourning the vacation abroad that was supposed to take place these days? Fantasize on the next trip, who knows when you can do it? In the meantime you can take comfort in some excellent travel films:

"Stuck in the road"

John Hughes is best known for his iconic high school comedies ("I Put a Teacher Tap," "Breakfast Club," "I Was 16," "Pretty in Pink"), but this far-fetched and somewhat forgotten 1987 movie - which stars two Legendary comedians at the height of their power - is to my liking his most hilarious and exciting movie.

Steve Martin portrays a stressed businessman trying to get from New York to Chicago in time for Thanksgiving, and big-body John Kennedy embodies the chatty snooze that sticks to it and doesn't let go. Of course, nothing goes right (their flight is canceled, their rental car crashes, etc.), and the road only gets longer.

Even over the years, "Stuck in the Road" ("Planes, Trains and Automobiles", originally) still does its job faithfully (and it also seems to have provided quite a bit of inspiration for the classic "Midnight Pursuit", released a year later). Martin and Kennedy are simply hysterical together, and the script finds the perfect balance between silly and sweet. A true pearl.

"to the end of the world"

German director Sea Wenders has made quite a number of exemplary travel films during his career (such as "Alice in Cities," "In Time," "State of Things," and "Paris, Texas"), and all are highly recommended, but "To the End of the World" from 1991 , Which was supposed to be his ultimate travel movie, is by far the most exaggerated of all.

Wenders' ambitious and megalomaniacal film was filmed in no less than 11 countries, and the plot of his futuristic and prophetic science fiction - which presents an early version of virtual reality - is very different from those of his earlier travel films. Solwig Demartan ("Angels in the Sky of Berlin") portrays a young French woman on a journey around the world following a scientist (William Hart) who seeks to regain his sense of vision for his wife. In the background, a nuclear satellite is floating around that threatens to crash on Earth and end humanity.

Despite the revolutionary ideas and the amazing soundtrack (which includes songs by Lou Reed, Nick Kiev, ARM, Yu-2 and more) "To the End of the World" was taken by critics and failed at the box office. However, in 2014 Venders completed work on a five-hour May version, which led to a re-evaluation of the work. Better late than ever.

"Simple story"

David Lynch's films tend to be dark, abstract and extreme, but this delicate and beautiful Journey movie, which Lynch directed in 1999, is the exception.

The story, based on a true story, traces Alvin Straight, a middle-aged American from the Midwest, who embarks on a creepy hundreds of miles on a lawnmower to reconcile with his sick brother, after a decade's break. Along the way, he encounters a series of delusional margins that represent America's lesser-known sides and recalls his life.

Alvin is played by former stuntman Richard Farnsworth, who at the age of 79 became the oldest actor to win an Oscar. Farnsworth, who was ill with cancer while filming, put an end to his life a year later, adding to the melancholy and conciliatory atmosphere that dominates the piece.

"Simple Story" is probably the slowest travel movie in movie history, but it is also one of the most exciting.

"Jerry"

Director Gus Van Sant may be known for mainstream hits such as "The Story of Will Hunting" and "Milk," but over the years, he has also made quite a few avant-garde and experimental films (such as "Elephant," "Last Days," and his remake of "Psycho"). . In the meantime, "Jerry," the existentialist and minimalist expedition film Xuan St directed in 2002, is the most avant-garde and experimental of all.

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck play two anonymous youngsters who are lost in the Valley of Death (a huge, hot desert park that stretches between California and Nevada). They are going, going and going, but they are getting nowhere. Desolation surrounds them in all directions. The sun beats them. If something doesn't happen soon they'll die of thirst and exhaustion.

Van Sant is filming the journey of his two protagonists in long strokes influenced by the Hungarian master's films in La Tar, and miraculously, the longer the film goes on, the more mesmerizing and magnetizing it becomes. This movie may not be for everyone, but you won't find a cinematic piece that best illustrates the Israelites' wanderings in the desert. Responsibly.

"American Honey"

Andrea Arnold's experiential film and life craving of 2016 is easily one of the best 21st-century travel films.

At the center of the plot is a tough, rainbow southern girl named Star (Sasha Lane, in her cinematic debut), who abandons her poor family to join a wandering band of neglected outsiders, led by Shia Baff (on a successful show).

Arnold’s film is an intoxicating episodic weave whose raw materials are never-ending spaces, rugged faces, chockmaking motels and great music. It may not carry a new or dramatically new line, but surely it succeeds in capturing this elusive thing called "youthful spirit." The feeling of freedom blows through every frame, and the young and inexperienced actors Arnold Lycke are found to be perfect partners on the journey.

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