Paris It is a very cinematic city, Hollywood he knows it and that’s why he’s made it one of his favorite European capitals when it comes to shooting many of his great classics. the dazzling one Eiffel Towerthe light of the moon reflects in the Sign or the picturesque cafes are just a few of the most recurring locations and take us back to the French capital every time we sit in the darkness of a cinema.
Paris it is a city that inspires art† Over the years, from great writers to the most relevant painters, they have found in this city an inexhaustible source of excuses to include it in their works. However, where it has probably always shone brightest has been on the big screen, and even reaching that point Woody Allenresisting leaving the huge New York set for decades, chooses her as the exceptional protagonist who doesn’t appear in the credits, but does appear in the title of one of her latest films, Midnight in Paris†
In this way, the French capital and its undeniable and amazing beauty they have been the setting for numerous films since the birth of the seventh art. Before French directors like Francois Truffaut Yes Jean Luc Godard committed to showcasing everything from small independent creations to big classics and big-budget musicals in the 1960s, they used Paris to take their stories to the next level of romance and joie de vivre†
However, despite its undeniable innate charm, Paris has also shown tremendous versatility when it was chosen as the location of action plots high risk – as in From Paris with Love or Mission Impossible: Fallout – and in which its maximum reference, the Eiffel Tower, has been destroyed by a rocket and without further ado, as in GIJoe: The Origin of Cobra†
Outside of action movies, when the time for our next visit seems eternal, the truth is we want to see Paris without explosions or chases to the extreme† We love the Paris for the walks, the one with the cafes overlooking the street, the one with the bottle of wine on the banks of the Seine and the one with the spectacular view, even in the rain.
We have put together 15 films with the ‘City of Light’ as an exceptional setting for travel to the French capital without leaving home† We hope you enjoy this pleasant walk.
- What is it about: Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) is an American painter trying to find work in Paris. One day, he is discovered by an influential heiress, who is more interested in Jerry than his artistic work. Jerry falls in love with Lisaa young French woman who is engaged to a comedian.
East six-time Oscar-winning musical it takes you back to the small apartments of Paris and the banks of the Seine thanks to the different music tracks that run through the city.
- What is it about: Charles is a writer who knows Helena in Paris. Their love story culminates in a marriage, but Charles’s work isn’t enough to make ends meet. However, a windfall will change his fate and Charles finds himself immersed in the city’s bohemian life, putting his family life in jeopardy.
star Elizabeth Taylor Yes from Johnson and, in addition to Paris, in this film you can enjoy some beautiful scenes of the Blue Coast such as Cannes, Nice or Monte Carlo.
- What is it about: Jo Stockton (Audrey Hepburn) is a shy New York bookstore employee who is discovered one day by a talent scout. Given the opportunity to traveling to Paris with the excuse to work as a modelJo hopes to attend a conference of one of her idols in the French capital.
Except it’s a musical film classicthis movie makes a tour through the most emblematic places of the city: the Eiffel Tower, the Elysian fieldsthe Louvre Museumthe opera, Place Vendome,…
- What is it about: Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a petty thief who steals a car and kills the motorcycle cop chasing him. Wanted by the authorities, he meets with Patricia Francinic (Jean Seberg), journalism student, whom he met a few weeks earlier in Nice. Michel intends to escape from Paris with Patricia, but first he wants to collect a debt.
this movie from Jean Luc Godard makes a tour of Paris through the narrow streets, along the boulevards and in the cafes, while the police siege on Michel and Patricia grows ever stricter.
- What is it about: Regina Lampert (Audrey Hepburn) meets a charming stranger (Cary Grant) while skiing in Megève. Once back in Paris, Regina is ready to ask her husband for a divorce. What he discovers, however, is that his Paris apartment is empty and all his belongings have been sold. The police inform her that her husband has been murdered on a train and give her the bag he was carrying.
This movie with a plot worthy of Alfred Hitchcock, but actually… Directed by Stanley Donenbesides being very entertaining, it also takes us on a visit to Notre Dameto the Royal Palaceuntil Comedie-Française and to the American Embassy, among many other emblematic places in the French capital.
- What is it about: Severine Serizy is a young housewife married to a surgeon who discovers the existence of prostitution in broad daylight while walking through Paris and decides to spend her weekday afternoons as a prostitute.
Belle de Jour is one of the largest Luis Buñuel movie classics and that of Séverine, one of the most notable roles in Catherine Deneuve† Together with his characters we go through the Elysian fieldsthe Bois de Boulognethe Avenue de Messine†
- What is it about: Amelie Poulain is a shy French waitress who always tries to help those around her and discovers love along the way.
Perhaps one of the most famous films of recent times, you should not miss it amelie if you want to visit again? Montmartre†
- What It’s About: Nine Years Later Jesse and Celine They met on a train, both they meet again in paris†
Second part of the trilogy starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy† Before sunset is a walk through the ‘City of Light’, hand in hand with this couple who seize the opportunity to reconsider their lives and the decisions that led them to change paths… and meet again.
- What it’s about: This movie is a anthology in which 22 film directors participate various – including are Gus Van Sant† Isabel Coixettthe coens brothers or Alfonso Cuaron – overseeing 18 storylines, all of them in different districts of Paris†
This story, which interweaves everyday stories and the random connections that arise between them, allows us to create a Parisian holiday that goes beyond the most touristic places.
- What is it about: Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) just graduated from journalism and gets a job as an assistant at Miranda Priestleythe prestigious director of the fashion magazine runways†
In addition to touring New York to follow Andy’s career to fulfill all of his demanding boss’s orders, we also traveled to the Haute Couture Week in Paris with these two super characters fashion† All most luxurious Parisian locations They are in this movie.
- What is it about: biopic about the iconic french singer Edith Piaf, who was discovered at the age of 19 while singing in the street. Despite his success on the stage, Piaf’s life was full of tragedy.
Starring Marion Cotillardwho won an Oscar for his performance, this film claims from its title the unofficial anthem of the French capital.
- What it’s about: While staying in Paris with his betrothed’s family, Gilic (Owen Wilson) mysteriously travels every night to the 1920s.
Woody Allen is interested in how we romanticize Paris and remember every time we’re not there, to the point that he teleports his protagonist to the Paris of the “lost generation” writers.
- What it’s about: Based on .’s novel Victor Hugothis musical version of the unlucky ones tells the story of Jean Valjeanex-con for decades hunted by the ruthless police javert after violating parole. When you agree to take care of costettethe illegitimate daughter of fantineyour life changes forever.
Directed by Tom Hopper †The King’s Speech) and with a star-studded cast, the unlucky ones offers a visit to Paris in the 19th century like you’ve never seen it before.
- What is it about: Call Ami, story of a seducer It is also based on a novel. In this case signed by the French author Guy de Maupassantthat tells the story of Georges Duroya young man who rises to power in Paris by manipulating the richest and most influential women in the city.
Although most of the footage was shot in Budapest, the truth is that this movie is a great opportunity to enjoy the Most Fascinating Parisian Interiors of the Late 19th Century†
- What it’s about: In the late 1960s, Madame Claude runs a highly profitable business in Paris in Paris, dedicated to prostitution. Moreover, given the profile of his clients, he has also managed to acquire a certain power over the French political and criminal world. However, the end of his empire is closer than he thinks.
Source: Marie Claire
