Where They Went

The Holdovers (2023)

Directed by Alexander Payne

Stuck at a New England boarding school over Christmas 1970, a grumpy teacher, a troubled student and the school's cook escape for a day trip to Boston.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Last days of term
    Barton Academy (fictional)
    ≈ 00:02:00
    Stated on screenFictional

    Hunham is stuck minding the boys who cannot go home.

  2. 2Christmas at the school
    Barton Academy (fictional)
    ≈ 00:20:00
    Stated on screenFictional

    After the others leave, the three are left alone in the empty school.

  3. 3Mary's sister's home
    Roxbury, Boston
    ≈ 01:10:00
    Stated on screen
  4. 3Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    ≈ 01:12:00
    Stated on screen
  5. 4Little Big Man
    Orpheum Theatre, Boston
    ≈ 01:22:00
    Stated on screen
  6. 5New term
    Barton Academy (fictional)
    ≈ 01:55:00
    Stated on screenFictional

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
228 km
Places
4
Countries
1
Stops
6
  • Car: 225 km
  • Not shown: 3.2 km

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

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