Famous films made in Biarritz

"It's a funny city ... It does not look like the province ... It does not look like Paris ... You would not think you were in France ... And yet you will not feel like you were abroad either..." replied the pretty Catherine Deneuve, looking a little absent while praising her favorite city! She was making reference to Biarritz, this small city that obviously has nothing of a capital, but it is what makes her most beautiful charm ...

Frequently visited by holiday makers from around the world, the city of Biarritz is very different from other neighboring cities of the province. It does not exude any of the lead boredom that we are used to feeling in certain Provençal regions ... Located at the mouth of southwestern France, it is the undisputed queen of diversity where several Famous film have been made between here and there.

The French screenings of the 1980s have greatly appreciated the landscapes of Biarritz, especially on the terrace side of the Hotel du Palais, where the beautiful banker Emma Eckhert has composed a magnificent buffet (scene appeared in the film "The Banker" of Francis Girod in 1980).

Also in this same hotel, Sophie Marceau and Jacques Dutronc occupied one of the most beautiful suites to share an intense and voracious physical love in "My nights are more beautiful than your days" by Andrzej Zulawski, a feature film released in 1989.

Two young lovers outlawed in one of the virgin forests and deep Biarritz. They will try to overcome the "Deadly Hike" (a film by Claude Miller in 1983) and escape the chasers.

20 years later, the director Chantal Akerman engages the hotel in the shooting of the film "La Captive" to live through the desire agin, the jealousies and the garish passions of Albertine and the Proustian writer ...