Love in the Afternoon

Date: 1957
Director: Billy Wilder
Production Company: Billy Wilder Productions

Stars: Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, John McGiver
Location(s): Île-de-France, Paris and Yvelines (France)

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Storyline:

A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective hired to entrap him.

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This is Paris, France. It is just like any other big city, London, New York, Tokyo except for two little things. In Paris, people eat better and in Paris people make love, well, perhaps not better but certainly more often. They do it any time, any place. Rue Censier in the Jardin des Plantes district looking south-west towards the junction with Rue Monge and Rue de Candolle which is confirmed by Ivan MA.

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On the Left Bank . . . Pont Neuf in the 1st arrondissement.

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On the Right Bank . . . Pont de la Concorde crossing the River Seine south of Place de la Concorde. Paris 75007.

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. . . and in between. Passing under Pont Alexandre III with Pont des Invalides in the distance.

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They do it by day . . . . . and they do it by night. Looking along Rue Royale from Place de la Concorde with L'église de la Madeleine (Madeleine Church) in the distance.

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The butcher, the baker and the friendly undertaker.

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They do it in motion, they do it sitting absolutely still. Avenue d'Iéna in the 16th arrondissement. In the distance stands the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle.

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Poodles do it.

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Tourists do it. Parvis Notre-Dame on the Île de la Cité with Notre-Dame de Paris rising to the left.

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Generals do it. Esplanade St. Louis to the south of the Château de Vincennes in the eastern suburbs of Paris. The location features in 'Code Name: Emerald'.

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Once in a while, even existentialists do it. Café de Flore at the corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain and Rue Saint-Benoît in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the 6th arrondissement. Dating from the 1880s, the cafe was also seen in 'House of Secrets'.

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There is young love . . . Seen from Jardin des Tuileries, the background building is the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Museum of Decorative Arts) which fronts Rue de Rivoli 1.

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. . . and old love. Looking from Pont Notre Dame towards Pont au Change and La Conciergerie beyond.

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Married love and illicit love. That is where I come in. The base of the Vendôme Column in Place Vendôme. The location was seen in 'Rififi' and 'How to Steal a Million'.

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My name is Claude Chavasse. I am what you would call a private eye. The top of the Vendôme Column in the 1st arrondissement.

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Monsieur Chavasse spys on Suite 14 at the Ritz Hotel where Madame X has been meeting nightly with American playboy Frank Flannagan. The Ritz Hotel stands in the north-west corner of Place Vendôme.

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After a night of observation, Claude Chavasse heads home. Rue le Goff facing the junction with Rue Soufflo and Rue Victor Cousin, 5th arrondissement.

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The car turns into a side road before coming to a stand. Looking into Rue Malebranche from Rue le Goff in the Val-de-Grâce district.

'David in Milan' did well to achieve this shot now that parking is significantly more organised and dense than it was back in the 1950's. (RL)

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Claude Chavasse (Maurice Chevalier) enters the building where he shares an apartment with his daughter Ariane. Rue Malebranche, Paris 75005.

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After saving Frank's life at the Ritz, Ariane is driven home by her friend Michel. Rue Malebranche with the corner of Rue Paillet in the centre background.

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Michel (Van Doude) and a love struck Ariane Chavasse (Audrey Hepburn) get out of the car. Rue Malebranche, Paris 5.

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Following a further encounter with Ariane, Frank Flannagan departs from the Ritz, and Paris. Outside the Ritz Hotel in Place Vendôme.

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The young cello student watches the car before heading home. The entrance of the Ritz Hotel on Place Vendôme.

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The following year, the two meet again and Frank entertains Ariane with Musicians (The Gypsies) and a picnic.

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With the Musicians in a second boat, Frank rows the two of them across the lake. In the left background stands the since demolished Château de Vitry, Gambais in Yvelines, Île-de-France.

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Followed by the Musicians, a drunk Frank Flannagan (Gary Cooper) calls a taxi to take him to a sauna where he meets Monsieur X. The Ritz Hotel, Place Vendôme, Paris 1.

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Frank arrives to engage Claude Chavasse to find out more about Ariane. Rue Malebranche to the south of Paris-Sorbonne University in Val-de-Grâce.

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After Chavasse reveals to Flannagan that Ariane is his daughter, the American heads off to the French Riviera. Gare de Lyon on Boulevard Diderot, Paris 75012. The station also appeared in 'Pickpocket' and 'Beware of Pity'.

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Frank and Ariane walk along the platform. Platform 5 at Gare de Lyon with carriages of the Wagons-Lits company forming the train to Nice. Manuel Gurtner advises that this isn't any train, this is one of the most famous night trains in the world, the "Train Bleu".

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Ariane sheds a tear as Frank's luggage is loaded onto the train. In the right background stands an SNCF 2D2 electric locomotive dating from 1950 identified by Dave Redbourne.

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With the train picking up speed as it leaves, Frank grabs Ariane and lifts her into the carriage. Facing north-west at Gare de Lyon in the 12th arrondissement.

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The Gypsies play as the film reaches it's conclusion. Gare de Lyon station in Paris, Île-de-France.