Mr Bean’s Holiday
filming locations (2007)

Riviera Locations:

Gare de Cavaillon, Vaucluse
Cavaillon, Vaucluse ("O Mio Babbino Caro" scene)
The D245, Brouville, 84390, Sault, Vaucluse (The chicken chase scene)
Cormainville, Eure-et-Loir, Northern France (rapeseed field)

Oppede Le Vieux, Luberon, Vaucluse (War time film set)
Avenue Olivula & Chemin de Saint Michel, Villefranche-Sur-Mer (They find the sea)
Square Alexandra, Cannes (En route to the Palais des Festivals)
Palais des Festivals, Cannes (The finale)
Pont du Gard, Vers-Pont-du-Gard, Gard, near Remoulins (Driving scenes)
Viaduc de Millau, 12400 Millau, Aveyron (Bridge suicide scene)
CK Services Distribution - Route Départementale 6085, 06460 Saint Vallier de Thiey (Garage)
Restaurant Autogrill, Aire de Nemours - Autoroute A6, 77791 Nemours (Reunion scene)
Boulevard Alexandre Delabre, Marseille (Driving scenes)


Director : Steve Bendelack Cast :  Rowan Atkinson,
Willem Dafoe, Emma de Caunes Genre : Comedy
Runtime : 89 min Production year  2007 Rating : G Distributed by: Universal Pictures

According the production notes,  the film was shot over 12 weeks during summer 2006. The filmmakers were careful to portray a France that would subvert Bean’s—and perhaps the audience’s—preconceptions of the country. Director Bendelack and his team wanted Bean initially to have a clichéd idea of France, epitomized by the yogurt commercial that he disrupts: a France with peaceful, old villages set upon perfect landscapes. Several Cote d'Azur locations are featured including  a glorious shot of the Bay of Villefranche and Cap Ferat. With guidance from Film France and the Provence Film Commission, the panorama was shot from a well-known lookout, situated in a layby at the corner of Avenue Olivula and Chemin de Saint Michel. 150m from the sea and 380m above sea level, it certainly ranks among the most majestic views of the region, with Eze, the jagged coast of the Cap d’Ail and even Corsica being visible. Other locations include Cannes, where for the final climatic scene of Bean walking out of the Palais des Festivals was filmed. The scene was a major undertaking, requiring a temporary structure to be built next to the Palais. The normally-pedestrianised area (Promenade Robert Favre le Bret) next to the Palais was filled full of vehicles for a traffic jam.