The Tourist (2010 film)

The Tourist is a 2010 romantic comedy thriller cowritten and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. It is based on the screenplay for Anthony Zimmer. GK Films financed and produced the film, with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions releasing it in most countries through Columbia Pictures. The 100 millionbudgeted film went on to gross 278 million at the worldwide box office.

An English woman, Elise CliftonWard Angelina Jolie, is being followed by French Police who are working with Scotland Yard under the direction of Inspector John Acheson Paul Bettany. Acheson has spent years hunting Alexander Pearce, a lover of Elise, who owes 744 million in back taxes, and is believed to have received plastic surgery to alter his appearance. At a Parisian cafe, Elise receives written instructions from Pearce Board the train to Venice pick out a man let the police believe that he is Pearce. Elise burns the note, evades the police and boards the train.On the train, Elise selects Frank Tupelo Johnny Depp, who is apparently an American mathematics teacher from a community college in Wisconsin. She spends much time with him, seeming to start a romance. Meanwhile, the police have managed to salvage the ashes of her burned note and assembled them to extract information regarding her rendezvous, as well as her ruse. Aware of her location, but not of the ruse, an informer from the police station communicates to Reginald Shaw Steven Berkoff, the mobster from whom Pearce stole 2.3 billion, that Pearce is traveling with Elise on the train to Venice. Shaw immediately proceeds to Venice. ........

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