Maurice (1987) – Filming Locations
Drama / Romance · Directed by James Ivory · Starring James Wilby, Billie Whitelaw
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
Where was Maurice filmed?
- Cambridge, England, Cambridge – Maurice and Clive's formative years as Cambridge undergraduates, including rowing and intimate conversations. The film opens at Cambridge where Maurice and Clive meet and develop their emotional connection; the university's historic architecture provides the setting for their awakening
- Venice, Italy, Venice – Maurice and Clive travel to Italy where they share an intimate moment in the city. Venice serves as a romantic interlude where the physical manifestation of Maurice and Clive's emotional bond briefly emerges before social repression reasserts itself
- Oxfordshire, England, Oxfordshire – Maurice encounters Scudder in the English countryside and their relationship develops. The rural English landscape provides the setting for Maurice's liberation and his genuine romantic connection with the gamekeeper Scudder, symbolizing freedom from societal constraint
- Nottinghamshire, England, Nottinghamshire – Various scenes depicting Maurice's adult life and encounters in aristocratic settings. The grand estate serves as a backdrop for the upper-class world that constrains Maurice, contrasting with the freedom found in nature and with Scudder