Famous films shot in Aix - en - Provence

Aix-en-Provence is entirely splendid. Its landscapes, which are converted in a natural and harmonious way, have encouraged several producers and filmmakers to shoot their works in this place. The city began to appear on the big screen in the 40s with the launch of the illustrious "President Haudecoeur", a comedy drama that put the city of Aix-en-Provence on, for the first time, in the world of showbiz ... Cezanne and me This film by Danièle Thompson was shot in the center of the city of Aix-en-Provence. It tells the story of the friendship of the famous painter Paul Cézanne and his childhood friend Émile Zola. Their youth and the end of their lives will be narrated in a comic and dramatic way. This full - length feature film brings to light the Pays d'Aix of the nineteenth century. In order to recreate the atmosphere of this period, wooden ornaments were installed on the square of the archbishop's palace to reproduce the shops of the 1850s. In this way, one can see in the film the facade of a tobacco, the stall of wines and the famous "Beaufort Café Bar", the legendary venue where the famous "Thursday 10" scene was shot. What really marked this film is that at the time of filming "Thursday 10", passers-by respected the sound recording, which began at 3:30 pm. During their travels, pedestrians are invited to remain silent until the scenes are finished. There was this rare and unique complicity between producers and passers-by so that the film, which will make of the village of Aix famous, a perfect success. President Haudecoeur This French film is a masterpiece of Jean Dréville and was released in 1940. The full - length feature film focuses on the story of Germain Haudecoeur, a tyrannical magistrate and attorney general of Aix-en-Provence who builds his life and that of his family only under his dictatorship. Immediatly, he has no control over his younger son that he promised to a rich heiress. The young man refused this marriage agreement and announced to his father that he wanted to marry another one, from a modest family, whom he is in love with, and who , additionally, was expecting a child from him. Germain Haudecoeur does not want to hear anything ... He drives his son out of the house and condemns the marriage ... The "President Haudecoeur" was shot, in its entirety, in Aix-en-Provence.