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Carmen, a young Spanish woman who is engaged to be married, has her hen night at the film's "Aux Assassins". Tom (Tom Hardy) and Theo (Charlie Cox) follow Kit into the restaurant. 1 Club Row, Shoreditch, London E1. At time of filming this was an actual French restaurant called Les Trois Garçons.

It was also an American restaurant called Dirty Bones until it shut in 2023... In 2025 the Grade II listed corner building is re-opening as the original The Knave of Clubs with its other entrance address of 25 Bethnal Green Road, while 1 Club Row will offer a separate restuarant. SJ

After delivering Carmen a ritual kiss, Kit (Gael García Bernal) crosses the street. Whitby Street, E1.

Looking west towards Chance Street. SJ

Carmen (Natalia Verbeke) pauses by a shop window. 7-9 Club Row, E1.

Various changes here. SJ

Carmen's place of work. The Feedwell Cafe, 126 Battersea Park Road, SW11.

The Feedwell Cafe still doing business today with menu in prominent display. (SR)

Kit pursues Carmen who has fled out of the back of the Café.

Kit begs Carmen to spend some time with him.

Thinking she is being followed. Carmen emerges from a tunnel.

Kit catches up with Carmen. 36 Tabernacle St, London EC2 with "The Windmill in the City" to the right.

Looking south-west with Epworth Street intersecting. SJ

He pleads with Carmen for a date. Platina Street EC2.

A very brief street occupied by bikes, weeds and a cone! SJ

The pair are caught stealing a lunch at a hotel and Kit is chased out. Unknown location.

Kit sets off the fire alarm to allow Carmen to escape. Fire engines rush to the hotel. Alan Bourke found Albert Bridge Road SW11, near the junction with Prince Of Wales Road. Battersea Park is on the left.

Looking south with a different lens depth. SJ

Kit and Carmen are chased at high speed. Facing south on Albert Bridge Road. Alan Bourke adds that the distinctive building in the distance is The Lighthouse pub at the junction of the A3220 and A3205 in SW11.

The Lighthouse is still there in the far distance on Battersea Park Road. SJ

They slip into the nearby park.

Carmen's fiancé Barnaby (James D'Arcy) heads for the French restaurant, and crosses Whitby Street, E1.

Quite a lot of detail obscured here by ivy on expanded trellises on the wall. SJ

Barnaby encounters Kit in a bar and confronts him.

Kit tracks Carmen down to a flamenco bar where she tells him she is getting married on Saturday.

Carmen flees down the tunnel. Simon James recognises Weston Street tunnel, SE1, now closed off after London Bridge Station was given a new look

Carmen and Barnaby arrive at the registry office. Wandsworth Town Hall SW18.

Wandsworth Town Hall today.

Kit and Carmen's wedding takes place. Wandsworth Town Hall SW18.

Today's view unfortunately points into the sun.

Kit tries to stop the wedding but is too late. He screams at the window. Wandsworth Town Hall SW18.

Nobody at the windows today.

After Barnaby find Carmen has been unfaithful with Kit, the police are called to a suicide.

Carmen rushes to her house.

The front door of Number 32.

All is not as it seems. The film in flashback shows Kit turning up at the derelict flat where it all started.

Kit is seen at an unidentified location.

Carmen behind the cafe.

Following violent plot twists, Kit is interrogated at a police station. Battersea Arts Centre on Town Hall Road in London SW11, also seen in 'Death Line', 'Slade in Flame' and 'For the Love of Ada'.

The entrance to the Grand Hall, showing no signs of the severe fire which occurred during renovation in 2015. (SR)

He leaves the building. Battersea Arts Centre, 21 Town Hall Road SW11, in what was the old Battersea Town Hall.

No change here. (SR)

A casualty is rushed to 'Parkhill Hospital', probably designated as such by director Matthew Parkhill. Currently unidentified.

A hit film of the affair gets its premiere. Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1, which also appears in 'Cheer Boys Cheer', 'Their Finest', 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', 'Blue Ice', 'Dunkirk' and 'It's Not Cricket'.

Looking at the higher of the 19 floors of this 30s Art Deco landmark. SJ

The camera pans down to ground level where crowds are gathering. Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1.

Taken from the top of the recently completed Senate House Steps, thus saving on hiring a crane. SJ