L'Opération Corned Beef (1991)

Theuville, France

The scene : 52 minThe motorcycle courier loses his balance while crossing paths with the Citroën BX driven by Squale (Jean Reno).

Theuville, France

The scene : 52 minUnbalanced, the postman takes an old lady along in his run: "Hold on Henriette, hold on!"

Theuville, France

The scene : 52 minEnd of the gag: "Henriette" finishes its trajectory on an iron gate at this crossroads.

Bréançon, France

The scene : 52 minThe BX comes to a stop at this crossroads lost in the fields - "Where is it now?" - before speeding off again.

Cormeilles-en-Vexin, France

The scene : 1 hr 8 minAt 1:08, Colonel Zargas's jet lands at this airfield in Vexin.

Ciudad de México, Mexico

The scene : The car chase that opens the film crosses this intersection.

Ciudad de México, Mexico

The scene : Another stage of the chase from the prologue, at an intersection in the Mexican capital.

Paris, France

The scene : The secret services' listening van is parked along the avenue, disguised in the colors of Occupational Medicine.

Paris, France

The scene : It is in this building that Marie-Laurence Granianski (Valérie Lemercier) reunites with her husband Jean-Jacques (Christian Clavier) — a reunion quickly spoiled by the interruption of aspiring Garcia and his famous "It's a tail!".

Paris, France

The scene : The Hervet bank agency on George V Avenue is among the Parisian settings of the film; the source does not specify the scene.

Paris, France

Hotel de l'avenue George V opened in 1928, the work of architect André Arfvidson, in an Art Deco style.

The scene : The George V Avenue hotel is one of the Parisian locations used in the filming, although the source does not specify which scene was shot there.

Paris, France

Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile, Place Charles-de-Gaulle, west of the Champs-Élysées. Completed in 1836, it was built by Guillaume Abel Blouet, Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin, Jean-Nicolas Huyot, and Louis-Robert Goust in the neoclassical style, and it is listed as a historical monument.

The scene : The monument is among the Parisian backdrops of the film; the press places some scenes filmed nearby, on Avenue d'Iéna.

Paris, France

Cour d'Honneur of the Hôtel des Invalides, a 17th-century monument housing the tomb of Napoleon. The tomb was designed by Louis Visconti and Paul Landowski.

The scene : The courtyard hosts the final scenes of the film.

Le Vésinet, France

The scene : The garden of this property serves as the setting for several shots.

Croissy-sur-Seine, France

The scene : This is the house on that avenue where Jean-Jacques Granianski (Christian Clavier) goes to cheat on his wife with Isabelle Fournier (Isabelle Renauld), a secret agent and the Squale's secret wife.

Houdan, France

The scene : On this stretch of National Road 12, near Houdan, road scenes featuring Jean Reno and Christian Clavier are filmed.

Broué, France

The scene : On the national road 12, the gendarmes stop Granianski (Christian Clavier), a victim of the reckless driving of the Squale (Jean Reno).

Génicourt, France

The scene : Posted by the side of the departmental road, the Squale watches from a distance as Zargas arrives at the nearby airfield.

Grisy-les-Plâtres, France

The scene : On the road connecting Grisy-les-Plâtres to Bréançon, the Squale and Granianski exchange gunfire with Zargas' bodyguards while on the run.

Plailly, France

The scene : The amusement park features one of the film's scenes; the sources do not detail the sequence.

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 : The Épinay studios are among the filming locations of the film; sources do not state which scenes were shot there.

Paray-Vieille-Poste, France

The scene : Philippe Boulier, aka the Squale, arrives at Orly West upon returning from his Colombian mission.

Croissy-sur-Seine, France

The scene : The home of the Granianski couple is located in this suburban alley.