The place
The square is bordered by five monumental portraits by Fabio Riéti, which represent Paul Valéry, Arthur Rimbaud, Charles Baudelaire, Gérard de Nerval, and Mallarmé. A sixth, that of Victor Hugo, disappeared in 2005 along with the building that housed it.
Films shot here
La Haine (1995)
Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz