Showing posts with label Geneva. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geneva. Show all posts

Monday, September 5, 2016

Passion of Slow Fire (1961)

French title: La mort de Belle
dir. Edouard Molinaro

The flamboyant English title is somewhat misleading. The film is an adaptation of Georges Simenon's novel The Death of Belle. It's a modest little film but the writer's fans might want to check it out.

Stéphane Blanchon's (Jean Desailly) house – Still searching for this location. It's most likely around Jussy and Meinier.

The school where Blanchon teaches – International School of Geneva, Route de Chêne 62, Geneva, Switzerland.

Belle (Alexandra Stewart) and her boyfriend’s university – University of Geneva, Rue de Candolle, Geneva, Switzerland.

"Little Cottage" Inn – Still searching for this location.

The Forensic Institute – Institut de Médecine Légale, Boulevard d’Ivoy 38, Geneva, Switzerland. The building was demolished some time ago, the area was replanned, and what’s remained of the old boulevard is now called the Passage de la Radio.

Blanchon follows Belle’s boyfriend – Rue du Puits-Saint-Pierre at Rue Jean Calvin, Geneva, Switzerland.

Rue Jean Calvin, Geneva, Switzerland.

The boyfriend’s apartment – Rue Jean Calvin 17, Geneva, Switzerland.

The church that Blanchon and his wife go on Sundays – Temple de Jussy, Chemin de la Laiterie 4, Jussy, Switzerland.

Investigating magistrate Beckmann (Jacques Monod) buying lunch – Quai du Mont-Blanc at Rue Docteur-Alfred-Vincent, Geneva, Switzerland.

Beckmann talking with Blanchon – Quai du Mont-Blanc, Geneva, Switzerland.

Blanchon leaving the magistrate’s office – Palais de Justice, Place du Bourg-de-Four, Geneva, Switzerland.

Blanchon looking at a pretty girl as she passes by – Rue de la Croix-d'Or, Geneva, Switzerland.

Blanchon follows the girl into a passage – Rue de la Croix-d'Or 17-17A-19-19A, Geneva, Switzerland. The passage apparently used to connect Rue de la Croix-d'Or and Rue Neuve-du-Molard but there's no outlet there anymore.

Blanchon looks into a bar – Rue Neuve-du-Molard 24, Geneva, Switzerland. The bar was called Le Don Juan but the building has since been demolished and replaced with a new one.

The bar where Blanchon runs into Beckmann's secretary Alice Graff (Yvette Etiévant) – Rue du Rhône 86, Geneva, Switzerland. Several buildings on this side of the street have since been demolished and replaced with modern buildings.

Blanchon and Alice getting into a car – Rue du Rhône 43, Geneva, Switzerland.

The farm where Blanchon’s neighbor tries to strangle a girl – Still searching for this location.

Monday, August 29, 2016

The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968)

Italian title: Il dolce corpo di Deborah
dir. Romolo Guerrieri

Marcel (Jean Sorel) showing the sights to his wife Deborah (Carroll Baker) – Grand Théâtre de Genève, Boulevard du Théâtre 11, Geneva, Switzerland.

The St. Pierre Cathedral, Place du Bourg-de-Four 24, Geneva, Switzerland.

The Brunswick Monument, Jardin des Alpes, Geneva, Switzerland. It’s a neo-Gothic mausoleum built in 1879 in honor of Charles II, Duke of Brunswick who bequeathed his immense fortune to Geneva in exchange for a beautiful funeral and a monument to his name. It’s modeled after the Scaliger Tombs in Verona, Italy.

Marcel tells Deborah that he used to come here often as a boy – Quai du Mont-Blanc, Geneva, Switzerland.

Marcel and Deborah's hotel – InterContinental Geneva, Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 7-9, Geneva, Switzerland.

The club where Marcel sees Philip (Luigi Pistilli) – Villa Brasini, Via Flaminia 489, Rome, Italy.

Suzanne’s (Ida Galli) estate – Villa Fassini, Via Guiseppe Donati 174, Rome, Italy.

Marcel and Deborah on the lakeshore – Baby Plage, Geneva, Switzerland.

Marcel coming out of an Air France office – Quai du Général-Guisan 12, Geneva, Switzerland.

Marcel crosses the square – Place du Bourg-de-Four, Geneva, Switzerland.

Marcel sees Deborah chatting with Philip in a restaurant – Au Pied de Cochon, Place du Bourg-de-Four 6, Geneva, Switzerland.

Marcel and Deborah arriving in Nice – Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, Rue Costes et Bellonte, Nice, France.

Marcel and Deborah’s hotel – Negresco, 37 Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France.

Marcel and Deborah’s villa on the Riviera – Street N, Olgiata, Italy.

Deborah coming out of the police station – Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen, 65 Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France. This is not a real police station but a venue for concerts, conferences, and other public events.

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