Fan-Fan the Tulip (2003)

Bertholène, France

The Château des Bourines is a fortified castle located in the countryside of Bertholène, in Aveyron. It is protected as a historical monument, partly by classification and partly by registration.

The scene : The Château des Bourines is among the Aveyron sets of the film, alongside Najac and the Baumes waterfall; the records mentioning it do not specify which scenes were shot there.

Najac, France

Classified historic monument, the fortress of Najac overlooks the Aveyron valley from a rocky spur at the end of the village.

The scene : Perched on its rocky spur, the fortress of Najac is one of the sets that audiences quickly recognized upon the film's release.

Écuillé, France

A castle classified as a historical monument, the Plessis-Bourré stands in Écuillé, north of Angers. It is a regular film set.

The scene : The film is one of the many feature films hosted by the Château du Plessis-Bourré; neither the castle site nor the local press specify the scenes that were filmed there.

Condécourt, France

A work of architect François Mansart, the Château de Villette commands a 77-hectare estate in Condécourt, in the Vexin region; it is protected as a historical monument, both by classification and registration. Highly sought after by stage directors, it hosted Audrey Hepburn for Stanley Donen's Two for the Road, served as a setting for the adaptation of The Da Vinci Code, and was renamed Château de Moulinsart for Tintin and the Golden Fleece.

The scene : Vincent Perez is filming at the Château de Villette, in Vexin; the article confirming this does not specify which part of the estate was used.

Epinay-sur-Seine, France

The Épinay Studios are a complex of film studios located in Épinay-sur-Seine, in Seine-Saint-Denis, and are among the oldest in France. Their origins date back to 1907, when industrialist Charles Jourjon founded the company Éclair, which became the third French firm behind Pathé and Gaumont in the 1910s. The studio itself was set up in 1913 and was then acquired by Éclair in 1914. By the end of the 1920s, the German company Tobis established one of the first sound studios in France at the same address, utilizing the Tobis-Klangfilm process; these neighboring facilities were absorbed by Éclair in 1938. The site long housed film sets and significant development and post-production laboratories, with its studios being taken over by the TSF group in 2009, before the opening of the nearby Cité du cinéma reduced their activity from 2012.

The scene : Part of the film was shot on the Épinay lots, which IMDb still refers to by their former name of Éclair studios; neither L2TC nor Wikipedia indicate which sets were built there.

Nucourt, France

Gothic church founded in 1175 and classified as a historical monument, Saint-Quentin stands apart from the village of Nucourt — a location that makes it a sought-after backdrop for filmmakers. It has appeared in La Révolution française by Robert Enrico (1989), 15 ans et demi (2008) and the two OSS 117 films by Michel Hazanavicius (2006 and 2009).

The scene : Surprised while flirting with a villager, Fanfan is dragged to the church for a forced marriage. He flees before the fateful "I do" and takes refuge in the confessional where, mistaken for the priest, he meets Adeline (Penélope Cruz). Spotted by his pursuers, he escapes once more after a beautiful display of acrobatics and fencing; Adeline then convinces him to join the army of Louis XV.

Monpazier, France

At the heart of the bastide of Monpazier, the Place des Cornières owes its name to the arcades that border it. Classified historic medieval houses, a chestnut wood hall, and old grain measures compose a decor that cinema has frequented for a long time — Le Capitan, Le Chevalier de Pardaillan, and then The Last Duel by Ridley Scott. The market has been held there every Thursday for over seven hundred years, as stipulated by the charter of customs of the bastide.

The scene : The central square of the bastide, surrounded by its arcades, serves as the backdrop for the film; the source that confirms it does not detail the scenes.

Saint-Rome-de-Tarn, France

The Baumes waterfall, fed by the Lévéjac stream, falls below the village of Saint-Rome-de-Tarn. The site is a popular swimming and diving spot in the summer.

The scene : It is in the Baumes waterfall that Fanfan dives to evade his pursuers — the most spectacular leap of the film.