According to the mayor of Paris, the city hots at least 900 film shootings every year. Travel guides take you to where the most famous movie scenes were set.
Walks on the trail of famous Parisian film sets
In Paris, many filming sets await film lovers: that’s an opportunity to take nice pics and recreate the movie magic moments just for fun.
The famous Agent Ethan Hunt’s fans surely have recognized some of the essential places to go to in Paris, just to mention the Trocadero esplanade, the Grand Palais, the Bercy heliport, the Palais-Royal gardens… During 36 days, movie lovers and passersby could see Mission Impossible: Fallout’s team shooting this sixth installment.
Among the top shooting sets in Paris, Montmartre is a must-see
Working as a guide during the day and as an extra at night, Lise Pires will tell you everything you want and need to know about these places during her guided tours in Paris. If like millions of people over the world, you got a crush on Montmartre, you can ask her any question, she’s unbeatable.
Le fabuleux destin d’Amelie Poulain, this world-renowned tale of happiness and love aroused interest for the guided walks. Everyone is more than welcome: adults, kids, Parisian, tourists…
For decades, film makers from all over the world have devoted many scenes to Montmartre. Taking the French cinema, for example, the district appears in La grande vadrouille (1966), Mesrine (1984), L’auberge espagnole (2001), La Mome (2007), but also Dalida (2017). Fans of Le fabuleux destin d’Amelie Poulain, live out your movie dreams. During the behind-the-scenes visit in Montmartre, your Paris tour private guide will show you the grocery store Maison Collignon that you’ve seen so many times on the screen!
Patricia Firriolo, CEO of France Tourisme, a Paris travel planner, says that the Da Vinci Code, and its stunning success has significantly contributed to the links the publics’ enthusiasm for guided tours about cinema. Since then, the film inspired from Dan Brown’s novel managed to create a tourist industry around the Louvre Museum.
Over the years, locations like Montmartre or Saint-Germain-des-Pres have been added to adapt the tours’ route to new films. Six weekly visits are organized from September to June to allow visitors join at their convenience. To allow people experience the magical and mythical world of film, they are brought backstage, and for that, Luc Besson’s Cite du Cinema in Saint Denis is the perfect place.
Explore Paris like you’ve never done before, discover the hidden charms of some places to go off the beaten track. The tour operator has imagined an original screenplay to make you become an actor for an afternoon. Whatever the movie genre, there is no doubt that the City of Light will remain one of the film makers’ favorite locations.
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