Doctor, specialist in the study of birds, beetles and tortoises, accomplished cellist…….
Always nice to spot landmarks that we recognise; in the case Salses le Chateau
This adaptation of the famous Gothic novel by Matthew G. Lewis, ‘The Monk, a romance’ published in 1796, tells the tragic story of Brother Ambrosio in Catholic Spain in the seventeenth century.
Shot mainly in Collioure, but also Argelès-sur-Mer and Perpignan
Adapted by TF1 from a Spanish series ‘Monteperdido’, all 6 of the 52 minute episodes of ‘Rivière Perdue’ are filmed in the Vallespir between Arles-sur-Tech, Amélie-les-Bains, Céret, Prats-de-Mollo, and Le Boulou.
Filmed between Sète, Château de l’Esparrou in Canet, Port-La Nouvelle and Perpignan, there are plenty of locations that P-O fans will recognize tout de suite!
Another eclectic Jazzèbre season promises new discoveries and delights across the P-O.
Filmed in the Pyrénées Orientales, in and around Céret, the story of a father and his teenage daughter who live, work and love in an isolated ‘pépinière’ in southern France.
Places des Neuf Jets in Céret went back in time to 1943 under the German occupation.
Jean Rochefort is the painter, his young nude model is Spanish actress Aida Folch, and the artist’s wife is a dazzling Claudia Cardinale.
Filmed in the mid 70s, starring Charles Bronson, the prison scenes in Breakout were filmed at Fort de Bellegarde, in Le Perthus, portrayed as a prison in Mexico.