Follow in the footsteps of Amélie Poulain through Montmartre, from the Café des 2 Moulins to the Canal Saint-Martin. Then discover where The 400 Blows, Moulin Rouge!, and La Grande Vadrouille were filmed.
This route has 8 stops.
Café des 2 Moulins (Amélie, 2001): Start at the Café des 2 Moulins, where Amélie works as a waitress. Order a crème brûlée like she does!
Moulin Rouge (Moulin Rouge!, 2001): The Moulin Rouge, immortalized in Baz Luhrmann's dazzling 2001 musical with Nicole Kidman.
Métro Abbesses (Amélie, 2001): Métro Abbesses with its Art Nouveau entrance — Amélie's local station and one of Paris's most beautiful.
Place de Clichy (The 400 Blows, 1959): Place de Clichy, where young Antoine Doinel roamed in Truffaut's The 400 Blows (1959) — the birth of the New Wave.
La Grande Vadrouille (Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!, 1966): Opéra Garnier, the setting for the legendary orchestra pit scene in La Grande Vadrouille (1966) with Bourvil and de Funès.
Canal Saint-Martin (Amélie, 2001 / Hôtel du Nord, 1938): Canal Saint-Martin, where Amélie skips stones, and the setting of Hôtel du Nord (1938) — "Atmosphère! Atmosphère!"
Hôtel du Nord (Hôtel du Nord, 1938): Hôtel du Nord, the actual building from Marcel Carné's 1938 masterpiece with Arletty's legendary line.
Gare de l'Est (Amélie, 2001): End at Gare de l'Est, where Amélie's father receives garden gnome postcards from around the world.