Five escapades on the filming locations of French comedies

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The escapades of Gabin and Belmondo in Normandy, the disappointments of Louis de Funès in Saint-Tropez… Returning to the places where some of the most famous comedies of French cinema were filmed is to remember unforgettable scenes from the 7e art and take the time for a few cult lines to be a hero of the big screen.

In Villerville, drink to the health of “A monkey in winter”

The Norman Cabaret, in Villerville (Calvados), where scenes from “A Monkey in Winter” were filmed.

In 2022, for the sixty years of filming, the small village celebrated the event with dignity. It was in 1962 that Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Henri Verneuil’s team invested in Villerville (Calvados), very close to Deauville and renamed Tigreville in A monkey in winter. Today, a large photo from the film, installed there by an association, welcomes visitors to the main street of the village, whose mayor, Michel Marescot, admits “film crazy”.

A walking route has been developed to go to the key locations of the filming: rue du Général-Leclerc, where Jean-Paul Belmondo has a bullfight with the cars, the gendarmerie, the Hôtel Stella that Gabin runs, the beach which houses the final scene of the fireworks… But it is above all at the Cabaret Normand that we find traces of the alcoholic epic of the two legendary actors.

Go : trains to Trouville-Deauville station depart every day from Saint-Lazare station in Paris. between two and three hours journey, from 11 euros. From the bus station a bus leaves for Villerville, sixteen minutes, from 1 euro. Information at the Villerville tourist office, 40, rue du Général-Leclerc. Such. : 02-31-14-40-00. If it is closed, oDeauville tourist office, quai de l’Impératrice-Eugénie. Such. : 02-31-14-40-00.

In Marseille, chat with “Marius and Jeannette”

Estaque beach, in Marseille, a district immortalized in “Marius and Jeannette”. Estaque beach, in Marseille, a district immortalized in “Marius and Jeannette”.

Of course, there is the Old Port, which saw the start of the series of Taxibut movie buffs will prefer to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of Robert Guédiguian’s films (in particular Marius and Jeannette, 1997) while surveying the Estaque district, located in the far northwest of the city.

This old fishing district has lost its popular side, which was very present at Robert Guédiguian, but remains full of charm. The port is home to many boats, a small market is set up on Saturday mornings, and you can enjoy the limestone hills of the Estaque chain as a backdrop. Flowered alleys and a beautiful view of the church esplanade accompany the shadows of Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Gérard Meylan, actors chosen from film to film by the master from Marseille.

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