"This is unbelievable! There is no city like this in the world. There never was." This is how Midnight in Paris, the film directed by Woody Allen, begins. It is a film that explores the different corners of the city of love, from a walk along the Seine River to the Palace of Versailles, and makes us fall in love with every detail.
Midnight in Paris follows Gil (Owen Wilson), an American writer who arrives in the French capital with his future wife Inez, played by Rachel McAdams (Southpaw, A Most Wanted Man) and his parents-in-law. One night he goes out to explore the city and discovers something incredible: the possibility of traveling to another era.
Let's take a brief tour through the different locations of the film, for which we don’t need a time machine to tell its magic is still there:
Claude Monet's house: this is where the film begins. A house located 70 km from Paris, more precisely in the town of Giverny. The artist lived there for most of his life and it was a great source of inspiration for his works as well as a special place of distraction.
Rodin Museum: it is a French museum located in the VII District of Paris that displays the artwork of sculptor Auguste Rodin. In the movie, one of the characters, Paul, thinks he knows more than the guide, played by Carla Bruni, and they talk about the artist's life as they walk through the garden.
Palace of Versailles: built by order of Louis XIV, it is considered one of the largest monarchical complexes on the European continent. In the film, Gil visits the place with his partner and friends.
Musée de l'Orangerie: the main character visits this art gallery to contemplate different impressionist and post-impressionist paintings.
Square Jean XXIII: this Parisian marvel is located at the back of Notre Dame. Gil will sit there with the guide of the Rodin museum, who will translate the diary of a young writer from the 1920s.
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont: Gil rests on the steps of this church located near the Pantheon. It is there that, at the sound of the bells, a vehicle appears and picks up the protagonist to take him to Paris in the 1920s.
Port Alexandre III: the film ends with the protagonist walking along one of the longest bridges in the city, inaugurated in 1900, and looking at the immensity of the Eiffel Tower. The last dialogue expresses: "Paris is the most beautiful in the rain."
Midnight in Paris is not the only film to feature incredible locations of the French capital. This month we’ll see The 355, starring Jessica Chastain (Molly’s Game), Penelope Cruz, Lupita Nyong'o, Diane Kruger and Fan Bing-bing, who travel through different cities, including the most romantic place in the world.
Stay tuned for more trips!
