Sacred. At least two cult films have been shot in Loire-Atlantique.
From Jacques Demy to Jacques Tati: the icons of cinema in Loire-Atlantique
This includes Lola (1961) by filmmaker Jacques Demy, set in Nantes, and Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1951) by Jacques Tati, shot in Saint-Marc-sur-mer, a seaside district of Saint-Nazaire. The two posters (our photo) are visible at the exhibition of departmental archives.
From Trentemoult to Rouans, a historical filming land
There was also “Jacquot de Nantes” (Agnès Varda), “La Reine Blanche” (Jean-Loup Hubert, 1991, Trentemoult), “Le Grand Chemin” (Jean-Loup Hubert, 1987, Rouans), “Mercredi Folle Journée” (Pascal Thomas, 2001, Nantes), “Le Tonnerre de Dieu” (Denys de la Patelière, 1965, Legé), “Irony of Fate” (Édouard Molinaro, Nantes, 1943), “Jean Chouan” (Nantes, Luitz-Morat, 1926).
