The Intouchables (2011) filming locations

Paris 7e, France

The scene : 1 min — Driss drives Philippe around Paris.

Paris 7e, France

The scene : 1 min — Driss drives Philippe around Paris.

Paris 1er, France

Royal square of the 1st arrondissement, famous for its column and luxury jewelers.

The scene : 1 min — Philippe and Driss cross the threshold of a jeweler.

Paris 7e, France

The scene : 18 min — Driss comes up from the Solférino station.

Paris 16e, France

National theater housed in the wing of the Palais de Chaillot, Place du Trocadéro, facing the Eiffel Tower.

The scene : 32 min — The Grand Foyer becomes the gallery where Philippe comes to acquire a canvas.

Paris 6e, France

The scene : 32 min — Philippe has a meeting with his friend Antoine (Grégoire Oestermann) at the kiosk in the Luxembourg Gardens.

Paris 6e, France

Famous literary café on the Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés, once frequented by Sartre, Beauvoir and the Surrealists. Founded in 1891, the establishment also serves as a restaurant and has awarded the Deux Magots prize every year since 1933.

The scene : 44 min — In the early hours of the day, Philippe and Driss sit down at a terrace.

Paris 1er, France

Brasserie located under the arches of Place Colette, next to the Comédie-Française and the Palais-Royal.

The scene : 1 hr 1 min — At the café Le Nemours, place Colette, Philippe waits in vain for his correspondent Éléonore and then meets Yvonne (Anne Le Ny).

Rueil-Malmaison, France

The scene : At the beginning, a police checkpoint scene.

Paris 7e, France

The scene : Everything that happens inside Philippe's residence.

Paris 2e, France

Cabourg, France

Seaside palace from the Belle Époque on the seafront of Cabourg, beloved by Marcel Proust. Built in 1911 according to the plans of architect Lucien Viraut, the building is listed as a historic monument.

The scene : Final scenes of the film.

Nanterre, France

The scene : Driss and his little brother are waiting for their mother on the platform of the station.

Poissy, France

The scene : The Poissy hospital serves as the setting for hospital scenes.

Paris 7e, France

Hotel particulier of the 18th century, rue de Grenelle, residence of the ambassador of the Netherlands in France. It was designed in 1723 by Jean-Baptiste Leroux.

The scene : Philippe's residence: its surroundings are those of the Avaray hotel.

Merville-Franceville-Plage, France

The scene : The route taken by the small group to reach a seaside palace.

Villard-sur-Doron, France

Summit of Beaufortain, in the Savoie Alps, overlooking the Arly valley; a renowned site for paragliding and skiing. It rises to 1,941 meters and forms the highest point of the Saisies resort.

The scene : The paragliding scene — the one of Philippe's accident, and the final airborne exit with Driss — was filmed at Mont Bisanne.