The Fugitives (1986)

Nîmes, France

Citadel designed by engineer Jean-François Ferry for Louis XIV starting in 1687; once a prison, it now houses the Vauban university center.

The scene : 3 minIn the credits, Jean Lucas steps through the prison door, determined to lead an honest life.

Meaux, France

The scene : 3 minBarely out, Lucas is intercepted in the street by Commissioner Duroc, who does not believe in his redemption.

Bordeaux, France

Jewelry store located at the bottom of Rue Sainte-Catherine, the main pedestrian shopping artery of Bordeaux. The building is registered as a historical monument.

The scene : 4 minDuroc leaves Lucas at the foot of the showcase where he hopes to trade his gold.

Bordeaux, France

The scene : 5 minLucas is waiting in line to deposit his check when Pignon, panicked, turns the bank into a robbery; the police cordon off the square and the two men emerge as hostages of each other.

Bordeaux, France

The scene : 7 minThe police station from which law enforcement rushes towards the robbed bank.

Bordeaux, France

The scene : 13 minPignon and Lucas, touched, ascend the roadway in the car to outdistance the patrols.

Bordeaux, France

The scene : 13 minFrom 16 minutes 20 to 16 minutes 50: the race between Pignon and Lucas, hit, ends in a crash off the road into a construction site; they leave in a stolen white convertible.

Nanterre, France

The scene : 17 minIn front of the police station, Lucas urges François to confess to the robbery so as not to drag him into another case.

Bordeaux, France

The scene : 18 minFrom 18 minutes 15 to 19 minutes 40: the white convertible pulls up along the sidewalk to escape the patrols, and Pignon demands that Lucas give him his money back.

Bordeaux, France

The scene : 19 minFrançois drives Lucas to a veterinarian friend's place to have the bullet removed from his leg; later, Jeanne returns there to pick up Lucas.

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

The scene : 23 minPignon comes to pick up his little Jeanne at the school exit, driving Mr. Martin's DS.

Bordeaux, France

Covered shopping gallery of Bordeaux inaugurated in 1834, connecting rue Sainte-Catherine to rue des Piliers de Tutelle. It was designed by architect Gabriel-Joseph Durand and is registered as a historical monument.

The scene : 24 minFrom 24 minutes 20 to 25 minutes: Pignon drives up the road, his daughter next to him, pulls over, and then rushes to take shelter under the covered passage to escape the patrols.

Bordeaux, France

The scene : 41 minIn front of a neighborhood bar, Pignon scavenges for something to eat and picks up vegetables that have fallen from a stall.

Meaux, France

The scene : 42 minOn a parking lot by the Marne, Pignon signs his confessions; it's there that his daughter Jeanne, silent since the beginning, starts to speak.

Nanterre, France

The scene : 47 minFrom 47 min 00 to 47 min 10: Jeanne jumps out of the utility vehicle and runs through the neighborhood; behind her, her father François Pignon gets hit by a police vehicle.

Nanterre, France

The scene : 47 minJeanne runs towards a car that is flashing its lights; Pignon catches up with her and climbs into Lucas's van.

Bordeaux, France

The scene : 47 minPignon and Lucas flee in the van.

Bordeaux, France

The scene : 48 minTrapped in a dead end, Pignon and Lucas abandon the van.

Bordeaux, France

Public garden in the French style adjacent to the City Hall of Bordeaux, the former Palais Rohan.

The scene : 48 minThe fugitives hide in the bushes of a public garden while the police collect Jeanne.

Meaux, France

The scene : 52 minFrom 52 minutes and 25 seconds to 53 minutes and 35 seconds: Pignon is pulled from sleep, wrapped in cardboard under the hall; he then picks up what is lying on the ground.

Paris, France

The scene : 53 minJean Lucas emerges from a client's place, gets back into his utility vehicle, and heads to the nearby Boulevard de Courcelles.

Vaujours, France

The scene : 53 minThe establishment is the Public Assistance where Jeanne is housed, which Lucas comes to visit and then the two men return to retrieve.

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

The scene : 1 hr 4 minAround 55 minutes in, at night: the van driven by Lucas, with Pignon and Jeanne on board, pulls up in front of the garage's window.

Le Vésinet, France

The scene : 1 hr 9 minLucas and Pignon break into an upscale property, offer cassoulet to Jeanne, and forge new identities.

Champigny-sur-Marne, France

The scene : 1 hr 12 minNight scene: Lucas enters a covered passage leading to an old cobblestone courtyard, where Duroc and his assistant ambush him.

Versailles, France

Château du parc de Clagny in Versailles, long occupied by a surgical clinic.

The scene : 1 hr 20 minFrom 1:20 to 1:21: two motorcyclists ride Lucas and Pignon to the gates of a care facility.

Vars, France

The scene : Final scene: the fugitives head for the mountains towards the border.