Where They Went

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

A welder who finds two million dollars at a botched drug deal in West Texas runs from motel to motel along the border with a killer and an ageing sheriff behind him.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Desert drug-deal site
    West Texas
    ≈ 00:05:00
    Inferred

    Hunting antelope, Moss finds dead men, heroin and a case of money.

  2. 2Moss's trailer
    Sanderson, Texas
    ≈ 00:13:00
    Inferred

    Moss sends Carla Jean to her mother's and runs; Chigurh and then Sheriff Bell search the empty trailer.

  3. 3Motel
    Del Rio, Texas
    ≈ 00:35:00
    Stated on screen

    Moss hides the case in the air duct, and Chigurh, following a transponder, kills the Mexicans waiting in the room.

  4. 4Hotel Eagle and street
    Eagle Pass, Texas
    ≈ 00:55:00
    Stated on screen

    Chigurh catches up at the hotel and the two shoot it out in the street.

  5. 5Hospital
    Piedras Negras, Mexico
    ≈ 01:05:00
    Inferred
  6. 6Desert Sands motel
    El Paso, Texas
    ≈ 01:25:00
    Stated on screen
  7. 7Carla Jean's house
    Odessa, Texas
    ≈ 01:45:00
    Inferred
  8. 8Bell's home
    Sanderson, Texas
    ≈ 01:52:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
3,908 km
Places
7
Countries
2
Stops
8
  • Car: 2,335 km
  • Not shown: 1,485 km
  • Truck: 85 km
  • On foot: 2.5 km

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

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