Travel to France, virtually, with these 10 films set in places from Paris to the French Riviera. They span years and include real classic hits.
Hello Sadness
The young French filmmaker, Jean-Luc Godard, was inspired by this film from a novel written by a very young Françoise Sagan (she was 18 years old), and cast Jean Seberg, the main character, as the American girl in Paris. debut film, “A bout de soufé” (Breathless, 1960). Directed by Otto Preminger and released in 1954, it is the story of spoiled teenager Cecile (Jean Seberg), whose decadent life is threatened when her father (David Niven) introduced her new lover (Deborah Kerr), a disapproved and disapproved woman. . In the House. It is beautifully shot and shows the Côte d’Azur along the Mediterranean and Saint Tropez, perfectly.
Love in the afternoon
Produced and directed by Billy Wilder in 1957, this romantic comedy is on the minds of UK viewers; there is a Galaxy chocolate ad in which a young Audrey Hepburn looks like a handsome young man driving a car.
Original stars Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper, as well as Maurice Chevalier. The plot is slightly different from the ad, involving a middle-aged playboy (Gary Cooper), a private detective (Maurice Chevalier), and their daughter (Audrey Hepburn).
It was filmed in Paris at the Opera National Palais Garnier; the Ritz hotel; Rue Malebranche; Gare de Lyon and Chateau de Bitry, Yvelines and Studios de Boulogne-Billancourt, Hautes-de-Seine.
The longest day
A film depicting the events of the World War II D-Day landing in Normandy from both American and German points of view, from Cornelius Ryan’s book.
With a cast including Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Red Buttons, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth Moore, many more lead actors, and representing such an event, this movie should be included.
french kiss
“French Kiss” is a 1995 American romantic comedy film directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline. Written by Adam Brooks, the film is about a woman who flies to France to confront her fiancé and runs into trouble when the charming thief sitting next to her uses her to smuggle a stolen diamond necklace. It is a delight to watch Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline travel through the beautiful French countryside from Paris to Cannes.
“French Kiss” was filmed in Paris (George V Quatre Saisons; Louvre; Embajada de los Estados Unidos in 2 Ave Gabriel; Champs Élysées; Sacré Coeur, Montmartre; Grand Pharmacie in Place Blanche; Palais de Chaillot; Places des Abbesses; Embajada de Canadá, 35 Ave Montaigne; Rue Feutrier y rue Paul Albert; Rue des Rosiers; Torre Eiffel.) También, in Paris Studios Cinema, Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine; La Tour d’Aigues, Vaucluse; Meyrargues, Bocas del Ródano; Valbonne, Alpes Marítimos and in Cannes.
To catch a thief
Alfred Hitchcock really went to town with this seductive film, released in 1955, starring Cary Grant as John Robie, a retired cat thief who fell in love with Francie (Grace Kelly), a socialite on the Riviera. . Remember, look at the two driving along the Grand Corniche, between Nice and Monte Carlo, which was where Grace Kelly died in 1982 after crashing her car.
It was filmed on the French Riviera, in Monaco, the Hotel Carlton in Cannes, Tourrettes-sur-Loup and Villefranche-sur-Mer.
An American werewolf in Paris
This sequel to the classic werewolf in London sees a group of American tourists on a cultural trip through Paris. Andy (Tom Everett Scott) jumps after a mysterious beauty, Serafine (Julie Delpy), who is, in fact, a werewolf from the Eiffel Tower (which was used for filming in quite a dramatic way).
It is shot all over Paris, but Jim Morrison’s grave in the Père Lachaise cemetery is not the real one. It doesn’t matter, go see it; It is quite iconic.
