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Bordeaux Gironde in the movies, in the books, famous people

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Bordeaux-Gironde makes its cinema

Bordeaux and the Gironde are also popular places for directors who find material there for natural settings, or beautiful residences, to shoot many films, TV films and episodes of series.

On the canvas. Came out on the screens, at the end of June 2016, Camping 3, directed by Fabien Onteniente and with Franc Dubosc, filmed at the Flots Bleus campsite, in Pyla, on the Lagune beach, in Arcachon, in Cap Ferret.

But some scenes from famous films were also shot in Bordeaux, Corniaud by Gérard Oury in 1964 with Bourvil and Louis de Funès; Un Flic by Jean-Pierre Melville in 1972 with Alain Delon and Catherine Deneuve; Heads or Tails by Robert Enrico in 1980 with Philippe Noiret, Michel Serrault and Pierre Arditi; in 1982 Les Misérables by Robert Hossein with Lino Ventura, Michel Bouquet, Jean Carmet; the Fugitives by Francis Veber in 1986 with Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu; Valmont by Milos Forman in 1989; La Reine Margot by Patrice Chéreau in 1994 with Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade; Beaumarchais l'insolent , by Edouard Molinaro in 1996 with Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain; Remembering the beautiful things of Zabou Breitman in 2002 with Isabelle Carré and Bernard Campan.

We also remember in the Arcachon basin, Les Petits Mouchoirs by Guillaume Canet, in 2010; or in Pauillac in 1983 of I married a Shadow by Robin Davis with Nathalie Baye.

Several scenes from Le Grand Soir by Benoit Delépine and Gustave Kerven with Benoit Poelvoorde, Albert Dupontel and Yolande Moreau in the lead roles were produced in Bordeaux, Bègles, Bouliac, Cestas, Mérignac, Pessac, Villenave-d'Ornon.


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Some famous people

Writers, actors, singers, politicians, journalists, several famous men and women were born in Bordeaux or in Gironde, died there or had a brilliant career there.

The philosophers and writers, Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, born in Bordeaux in 1533, died in Dordogne in 1592 and Charles de Montesquieu, born in 1869 in Brède, died in Paris in 1755.

The politicians, Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915-2000), deputy – mayor of Bordeaux (1947-1995) and Alain Juppé, mayor of Bordeaux since 1995, re-elected in 2001, resigned in 2006, re-elected in 2006, 2008, 2014, Prime Minister from 1995 to 1997.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographic explorer, the famous commander in the red cap was born in Saint André de Cubzac in 1910 and died in 1997 in Paris.

Jean-Jacques Sempé, cartoonist, the father of Petit Nicolas was born in Bordeaux in 1932.

The directors, Max Linder, born in Saint-Loubès in 1883 and died in 1925 in Paris; René Clément, born in Bordeaux in 1913 and died in Paris in 1996; Edouard Molinaro, born in 1928 in Bordeaux and died in 2013 in Paris.

The actor Jacques Dufilho, born in Bègles in 1914, died in 2005 in the Gers and the actresses Danielle Darrieux, born in 1917 in Bordeaux, and Barbara Schulz born in 1972 in Talence.

Journalists and TV hosts, Sophie Davant born in Bordeaux in 1963; William Leymergie, born in Libourne in 1947, Christophe Dugarry, international footballer born in 1972 in Lormont, consultant for TV channels and sports commentator.

They were born in Bordeaux: singer Marcel Amont in 1929, comedian Pierre Palmade in 1968, singer Serge Lama in 1943, presenter Julien Courbet in 1965.


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BORDEAUX and the Gironde IN THE BOOKS...
FOR FURTHER

There are many books on Bordeaux and the Gironde. Practical books, tourist guides, beautiful books, cookbooks or books on wines to each his own style.

  • Le Petit Fute Gironde
  • The Bordeaux Backpacker, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne
  • Bordeaux green guide
  • Bordeaux weekend green guide
  • Gironde Green Guide
  • Bordeaux World Heritage, Gesture Edition
  • Bordeaux, secret and unusual, Beautiful days
  • Bordeaux by bike, and The Gironde by bike, Sud Ouest Editions
  • Dictionary of the streets of Bordeaux, Editions Sud Ouest
  • Bordeaux, the conquest of modernity, Mollat
  • Bordeaux, legendary wine, Assouline Editions
  • The Arcachon basin, Glénat

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