Years after Disney, Netflix has set up shop in the French capital to film Emily in Paris. Indeed, the city of light has long been used as a setting for many famous films, but also for cartoons. Walt Disney, very inspired by Paris and France had decided to place some productions there, including the Aristochats. Then, the company will continue to exploit the potential of the city for its animations, with Ratatouille or the Hunchback of Notre-Dame. We can thus recognize in these cartoons many Parisian places, to be rediscovered with another eye during a nostalgicstroll!
Released in 1970, this animated film represents an old Paris, in which part of the plot takes place. Indeed, the mistress of Duchess and her kittens lives in a luxurious mansion in the capital, difficult to place as the city is condensed in the image. Thus, Notre-Dame is very close to the Eiffel Tower, when O'Malley and Duchess look at Paris from the rooftops. The Iron Lady is thus clearly recognizable, but also the Café de la Paix and its terrace, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
The troop of jazz-loving cats rushes to help the small family of cats trapped, passing an old man who is drinking red wine. He ends up emptying the bottle on the floor, thinking he's had too much to drink, when he sees a dozen cats and a mouse running past him.
The famous cathedral, now closed to the public because of the works since the fire, is finally the main character of the 1996 film. Many foreigners have said that it was this film that contributed to their appreciation of the place. We discover it from the inside, even in its heights and its gargoyles, impossible to visit now. But you can still walk around and enjoy its stature, which has always sheltered the poor and those in need. Notre-Dame de Paris can be found in the other Disney cartoons mentioned, an indivisible figure of the capital.
This recent film, dating from 2007, allows us to travel to the heart of Paris, alongside Remy and Linguini. If the beauty of the capital is visible, the cartoon also traces the lack of cleanliness of the city, currently reproached, and the rats in constant proliferation in Paris. Remy, a rat with a passion for cooking, begins in the film by having to flee through the sewers of Paris, which can be visited today, thanks to a museum.
While taking refuge in a restaurant and having fun adding spices to a dish, Remy comes face to face with the young Linguini, with whom he will slowly befriend. The human needs him to continue working in this restaurant, the one of the chef Auguste Gusteau, largely inspired by La Tour d'Argent, currently under renovation, located across from the Ile Saint-Louis.
Linguini tries to convince the rat to work with him, and finds himself under the Pont au Double, a wooden bridge close to the Notre-Dame cathedral, which has just reopened. You just have to stand underneath it to see the stairs that allowed the young man to go and get the jar that fell into the Seine (which is not very advisable!).
During the course of the film, Remy doubts whether he can trust Linguini, as the men have always tried to scare and kill the rats. The father of the animal then takes him in front of the Aurouze store, specialized in pest control since 1872. And this store does exist, located near Châtelet, with an aura just as special as in the movie, where the scene takes place at night and in the rain, with lightning showing dead rats in the window.
And for more Ratatouille, go to the Disneyland Paris park, to test the associated attraction!
So yes, technically, this princess here is not a Disney. But with the purchase of Fox Animation Studios by the American firm, she joins the big family. And if part of the plot takes place in Russia, Romanov obliges, Anastasia wants to go to Paris from the beginning of the film.
When she arrives in the city, she discovers a whole part of life in the Roaring Twenties, with the eyes of a tourist, passing from the Moulin Rouge, to theArc de Triomphe and then to the Eiffel Tower. She also leaves a Chanel store, most likely the one on rue Cambon, alongside Dimitri.
In order to be able to talk to her grandmother, she goes to theOpéra Garnier and watches a performance. When she wanders around, one can notice the exactness of the details, from the grand staircase to the corridors, through the dressing rooms.
Not forgetting the famous Alexander III bridge, named after the Russian emperor, very recognizable with its lampposts and columns, during his final confrontation with Rasputin. We can also see the Eiffel Tower in the background, as well as the Tuileries garden next door, through which Anastasia arrives.
Finally, the two lovers find themselves dancing on one of the famous Parisian boats, and kissing near the Pont Neuf !
So, are you ready to follow in the footsteps of your childhood cart oons in Paris?
