My Night at Maud's (1969) – Filming Locations
Romance / Comedy / Drama · Directed by Éric Rohmer · Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian
The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis ends up spending a night at Maud's. Jean-Louis' Catholic views on marriage, fidelity and obligation make his situation a dilemma, as he has already, at the very beginning of the film, proclaimed his love for a young woman whom, however, he has never yet spoken to.
Where was My Night at Maud's filmed?
- Clermont-Ferrand, France, Clermont-Ferrand – Jean-Louis encounters Françoise at a Christmas party and later walks through the city streets. The entire film is set and shot in this French city, providing an authentic backdrop for the intellectual conversations and chance encounters that drive the narrative
- Clermont-Ferrand, France, Clermont-Ferrand – Jean-Louis attends Christmas Mass, establishing his Catholic faith and moral concerns. The Romanesque basilica is a significant setting for establishing the protagonist's religious context and the film's philosophical themes about faith and morality
- Clermont-Ferrand, France, Clermont-Ferrand – The protagonist spends the night at Maud's apartment, where most of the film's central dialogue takes place. The intimate apartment setting becomes the focal point for the philosophical and theological debates between Jean-Louis and the witty, atheist widow Maud