People of No Importance (1956)
- Documented locations
- 16
- Year
- 1956
- Directed by
- Henri VERNEUIL
- Original title
- Des gens sans importance
Voisins-le-Bretonneux, France
The scene : 8 min — At night, the truck drives through the city along the old departmental route 36.
Magny-les-Hameaux, France
The scene : 38 min — On the road linking Voisins-le-Bretonneux to Port-Royal, Jean (Jean Gabin) watches over Clotilde (Françoise Arnoul), now very ill.
Quai de la Marne (Paris 19th)
Paris 19e, France
The scene : On the quay of the Marne, the scenes are shot at the company where Jean Viard, the truck driver played by Jean Gabin, works.
Quai de l'Oise (Paris 19th)
Paris 19e, France
The scene : The quay of the Oise also serves as the backdrop for the sequences filmed around the business of the truck driver Jean Viard (Jean Gabin).
75 rue des Orteaux (Paris 20e)
Paris 20e, France
The scene : Jean Viard (Jean Gabin) lives at this address on Rue des Orteaux, not far from the Petite Ceinture: it is here that the scenes in his home are filmed.
Paris, France
The scene : Pulling a freight train, a 050 TQ steam locomotive crosses the Petite Ceinture bridge spanning Rue des Orteaux; the convoy is then reflected in the window of a café.
39 rue André-Antoine (Paris 18e)
Paris 18e, France
The scene : In the brothel at 39 André-Antoine Street, Clotilde (Françoise Arnoul) makes her living as a cleaning woman.
Paris 13e, France
The scene : Jean Viard (Jean Gabin) joins Clotilde, his mistress, on the quay before taking her away from Paris.
Bordeaux, France
The scene : The Quai de la Douane is one of the outdoor locations in Bordeaux used in the film, shot on location for nearly a month starting from September 1955.
Bordeaux, France
The scene : The film sets several of its scenes in Bordeaux around the Place de la Bourse.
Rue Saint-Rémi (Bordeaux)
Bordeaux, France
The scene : The film makes Saint-Rémi Street the Bordeaux address of Clotilde's father and mother, portrayed by Françoise Arnoul: the camera returns to this location several times.
Rue Saint-Rémi & rue Dieu (Bordeaux)
Bordeaux, France
The scene : At the corner of Saint-Rémi Street and Dieu Street, Clotilde's parents (Françoise Arnoul) run a prank shop.
Bordeaux, France
The scene : Clotilde (Françoise Arnoul) walks down the rue des Capérans as she sets out to find her mother.
Bordeaux, France
The scene : The autonomous port of Bordeaux is one of the settings of the film, in which the hero, Jean Viard, drives a truck on the Paris-Bordeaux route.
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Boulogne-Billancourt film studios, located on the Quai du Point-du-Jour. Founded in 1922 under the name Studio-usine Eclipse, they became Paris-Studios-Cinéma in 1926 and then Billancourt Studios in 1933. Closed in 1992, they were demolished in 1995.
The scene : The interiors of the film are shot at the Billancourt studios, then called Paris-Studio-Cinéma, during a shooting that stretches from September 19 to November 30, 1955.
2 rue Nationale (La Celle-Saint-Avant)
La Celle-Saint-Avant, France
The scene : This restaurant on the edge of Nationale 10 serves as the roadside stop "La Caravane", the stage where Jean Viard (Jean Gabin) meets the waitress Clotilde (Françoise Arnoul).