French Kiss
filming locations (1995)
Riviera Locations: • Rue de la Marie, Valbonne
• Place des Arcades, 6560 Valbonne
• InterContinental Carlton Hotel, 58 Boulevard de la Croisette, 06414 Cannes
• Eglise Notre-Dame d’Espérance, 1 Rue de la Castre, 06400 Cannes
• 26 Rue Meynadier, 06400 Cannes
• Square du 8 Mai 1945, Pointe Croisette, 06400 Cannes
• Cartier, 57 Boulevard de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes
Director : Lawrence Kasdan • Cast : Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton
Genre : Romantic comedy • Runtime : 111 min
Production year : 1995 • Rating : 12 • Distributed by Polygram
A cute and scenic romance about Kate (Meg Ryan) who befriends a Frenchman, Luc, (Kevin Kline) while trying to make her fiance jealous in the City of Lights (Paris. a scene where Luc’s brother drives under an archway into a medieval town square, where they get into a fist fight – that square is Place des Arcades in Valbonne, about a 45 minute drive from Nice.
There’s a scene in the movie French Kiss, filmed in Valbonne, where Kevin Kline and Meg Ryan make their way down a narrow cobblestone street and she exclaims “Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!” That pretty much sums up the town.
Then and Now
