What link do you make between travelling and cinema?<\/strong><\/h3>\nWhat I like least is shooting at home in Paris. Well, so to speak, since I grew up in Tours. But I have a liking for films that transport you somewhere else. I love travelling, wandering\u2026 The most on-the-move film I made is undoubtedly Girl on the Bridge<\/em><\/strong> (starring Vanessa Paradis and Daniel Auteuil, ed.). The film begins on the Debilly footbridge in Paris and ends a few thousand kilometres further on, on the Galata Bridge in Istanbul. In between, another deck, that of a cruise ship<\/strong>. I have absolutely incredible memories of filming on the<\/strong> ship<\/strong>. We got on board in Venice and disembarked in the Bosporus strait, passing through Greece and Piraeus. It was wonderful.
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