Filming locations · Romance / Comedy
Amélie (2001)
A shy Montmartre waitress decides to secretly change the lives of the people around her.
- Released
- 2001
- Director
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Shot in
- Paris
Where was Amélie filmed?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet turned Montmartre into a storybook, reportedly scrubbing away graffiti and pushing the colors toward red, green and gold.
The real places are still there, and they’re close enough to see in one day.
The film on a map
3 locations, in the order they appear on screen.
Scene by scene
The café
Café des 2 Moulins
Amélie waits tables at the Café des 2 Moulins, among its regulars.
Open set hours48.8849° N / 2.3334° ESkipping stones
Canal Saint-Martin
One of Amélie’s small pleasures: skipping stones on the Canal Saint-Martin.
Public space48.8718° N / 2.3657° EThe treasure hunt
Square Louise-Michel
Amélie sends Nino up the gardens below Sacré-Cœur, past the carousel, on a trail of blue arrows.
Public space48.8847° N / 2.3431° E
Trivia for the obsessed
Jeunet reportedly kept blue almost entirely out of the palette.
Café des 2 Moulins is known for serving crème brûlée to fans.
The film was nominated for five Academy Awards.