dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
Auguste’s (Jean-Pierre Lorit) apartment – Rue des Sources 22, Geneva, Switzerland.
Valentine's (Irène Jacob) apartment – Rue des Sources at Rue Jean-Michel Billon, Geneva, Switzerland. The old building has since been demolished. The apartment windows were facing the Rue Micheli-du-Crest..
The Café "Chez Joseph" – Rue des Sources 20, Geneva, Switzerland. It was in the same building as Valentine’s apartment which has since been demolished .
Auguste drops his books while Valentine is driving by in her car – Place des Casemates, Geneva, Switzerland.
Valentine accidentally hits a dog – Still searching for this location.
Valentine with the dog in the park – Promenade du Pin, Geneva, Switzerland.
Valentine follows the runaway dog into a church – Roman Catholic Church of Saint-Antoine de Padoue, Rue Schaub 17, Geneva, Switzerland. The church is actually several miles to the north from the park, on the other bank of the Rhône.
Retired judge Joseph Kern’s (Jean-Louis Trintignant) house – Chemin Fillion 6, Carouge, Switzerland. The house was set-dressed for the filming. It looks much simpler in real life.
Valentine visits the neighbours' house – Chemin Charles-Poluzzi 18, Carouge, Switzerland.
Kern’s other neighbor who deals drugs – Still searching for this location.
Valentine drives by the lake – Quai de Cologny at Chemin Lord Byron, Cologny, Switzerland. She’s supposedly going to see Kern but Carouge is to the south of Geneva and Chemin Lord Byron is to the northeast.
Auguste meets with his girlfriend Karin (Frédérique Feder) after the exam – University of Geneva, Rue de Candolle, Geneva, Switzerland.
Karin’s apartment – Still searching for this location.
Auguste sees Karin and her new lover in a café – Place du Bourg-de-Four 20, Geneva, Switzerland.
Auguste abandons his dog – Quai Gustave-Ador, Geneva, Switzerland.
Kern sees Valentine's poster – Place des Casemates at Boulevard Emile-Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva, Switzerland.
Valentine's fashion show – Grand Théâtre de Genève, Boulevard du Théâtre 11, Geneva, Switzerland. The interior was filmed at the Lausanne Opera, Avenue du Théâtre 12, Lausanne.
See also...
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Bonsoir,
ReplyDeleteThe rear of Chemin Fillion 6, featured in Red, was based around a temporary set erected at the rear and later dismantled after filming was completed:
http://irenkaaa.free.fr/KEPL/images/rouge_maison_juge_deco.jpg
Slawek offered to be the cinematographer for Blue when Krzysztof showed him the three scripts keeping in mind how tired the director got by the end of Decalogue and wished to avoid any stressful situation that might have led to misunderstandings. In the end, they had considerable difficulty trying to avoid shooting the same or similar things seen in their earlier collaboration in The Double Life of Véronique.
À bientôt, A. Fabbri.
Thanks for sharing! This is quite unique information. I was a couple of times in Geneva (before this blog was published). I did web searches, asked around, and was disappointed to see that nobody could tell me Rouge's filming locations.
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Thank you, Hugo. Glad you found this useful. Maybe you'll go to Geneva in the future and can visit these locations.
DeleteThanks ever so much! I saw this film this night for at least the 7th time, and have always been curious where Kieslowski shot this movie. It's probably my all time favourite movie.
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Deletea THOUSAND THANKS FOR THIS! I love 'Three Colours: Red' and 'La Doble Vie de Veronique'. I was terribly disappointed when no one in the tourist office could help when I called. They really should have a film tour, rather like 'The Third Man' in Vienna.
ReplyDeleteI am horrrified that the building with Chez Joseph has been demolished.
But...I am going to Geneva soon and cannot wait to check out these locations.
John Kennedy.
I liked that movie, saw it on the big screen when it came out.
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