Beautiful Lies (2010) filming locations

Sète, France

The scene : 3 min — Émilie (Audrey Tautou) runs the hair salon that she co-manages; several sequences of the film take place there.

Sète, France

The scene : 5 min — Émilie (Audrey Tautou) arranges to meet her mother Maddy (Nathalie Baye); the brasserie serves as the backdrop for two other meetings later in the film.

Sète, France

Italian-style theater designed by architect Antoine Gourd, listed as a historical monument.

The scene : 7 min — On the sidewalk in front of the theater, the conversation between Émilie (Audrey Tautou) and her mother Maddy (Nathalie Baye) turns into a confrontation.

Sète, France

The scene : 10 min — The villa serves as Maddy's (Nathalie Baye) home: a postman delivers a letter to her mailbox, and the location appears seven times throughout the story, both during the day and at night.

Sète, France

The scene : 21 min — By the canal, Émilie (Audrey Tautou) has a heated argument with her father (Daniel Duval).

Sète, France

The scene : 34 min — Jean (Sami Bouajila) crosses the bridge unaware that Maddy (Nathalie Baye) is following him from a distance.

Sète, France

Seaside restaurant built downhill from the marine cemetery of Sète, which the Pourcel brothers operated from 2006. A fire ravaged it on August 9, 2012; abandoned and subsequently vandalized, the site received its demolition permit in March 2013.

The scene : 1 hr 3 min — Jean (Sami Bouajila) and Maddy (Nathalie Baye) are having a private dinner at the restaurant.

Paris 4e, France

Cobblestone stairway alley behind the Saint-Gervais church, one of the most picturesque in the Marais. This alley dates back to 1260.

The scene : 1 hr 33 min — Jean (Sami Bouajila) walks up this cobblestone street in the Marais to attend an exhibition.

Villeveyrac, France

The scene : 1 hr 33 min — The abbey cloister serves as the "Saint Francis Cloister" where the climax exposition takes place.