Where They Went

Julie & Julia (2009)

Directed by Nora Ephron

Two true stories intercut: Julia Child learning French cooking in 1950s Paris, and Julie Powell in 2002 Queens cooking her way through Julia's book in a year.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1First meal and apartment
    Paris, France
    ≈ 00:01:00
    Stated on screen

    Julia and her diplomat husband arrive in France and she falls in love with French food.

  2. 2Le Cordon Bleu, Paris
    ≈ 00:25:00
    Stated on screen

    Julia enrols at Le Cordon Bleu and outdoes the men in her class.

  3. 3Cambridge, Massachusetts
    ≈ 01:55:00
    Inferred
  4. 4Julie and Eric's apartment
    Long Island City, Queens, New York
    ≈ 00:03:00
    Stated on screen

    Julie and Eric move into a small flat above a pizzeria in Queens, where she cooks and blogs.

  5. 4LMDC call centre
    Lower Manhattan, New York
    ≈ 00:10:00
    Stated on screen

    Julie answers calls about the 9/11 rebuilding at her cubicle job.

  6. 5National Museum of American History (Smithsonian), Washington, D.C.
    ≈ 01:55:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
5,878 km
Places
6
Countries
2
Stops
6
  • Not shown: 5,878 km

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

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