A Bag of Marbles (2017) – Filming Locations
War / Drama · Directed by Christian Duguay · Starring Dorian Le Clech, Elsa Zylberstein
At the beginning of the 1940s, in a France occupied by Nazi forces, lived the Jewish Joffo family. Happy and tight-knit, she sees her future darken when all members of the family are forced to wear the yellow star. Fearing the worst, the parents organized their family to flee to the free zone in the south of the country. Maurice, twelve years old, and Joseph, ten years old, will therefore leave alone in order to maximize their chances of finding their older brothers already settled in Nice. The brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.
Where was A Bag of Marbles filmed?
- Nice, France, Nice – Opening scenes establishing the Jewish family's life in pre-war Nice. The Mediterranean coastal city serves as the family's home before their escape, with its historic old town providing authentic period atmosphere for the 1940s setting
- Lyon, France, Lyon – Scenes of the boys' journey through occupied France during their escape. Major French city used to depict locations along the dangerous escape route of the Joffo brothers fleeing Nazi-occupied territory
- Marseille, France, Marseille – Port scenes and parts of the brothers' journey southward. The major Mediterranean port city depicts locations crucial to the escape narrative as the boys journey toward unoccupied territory
- Romania, Bucharest – Portions of the journey and survival sequences. Romanian locations were used as filming base to represent various settings during the boys' extended journey across occupied Europe