The Chateau is about 1 mile outside of Bonnieux on the road to the Pont Julien. Gordes is a beautiful hilltop village, one of the Plus Beaux Villages de France.which means "Most beautiful villages of France", seen below.Įarly scene in movie shows this view of Gordes as Max's plane passes overhead on the way to Marseille AirportĬhâteau la Canorgue, the location used for the house and vineyard that Max inherits is really a working winery owned by Jean-Pierre Margan. The first scene in Provence after Max learns Uncle Max passed away is a plane flying over Gordes on its way to the Marseille Provence airport. In this post, I will share some of the sights we saw that day. Like us, they are fans of the movie, so one of our day trips was a tour of the locations where "A Good Year" was filmed during 9 weeks in the fall of 2005 in the Luberon region of Provence. I know it didn't win any Oscar awards but I love romantic stories and the movie is set in one of our favorite parts of Provence.Ī few months back, our Windsor neighbors Fred and Linda paid us a visit in Sablet. Instead, things get a little complicated and he stays around and soon falls head-over-heels for a beautiful café owner named Fanny Chenal played by the very pretty, perfectly French, Marion Cotillard. Rather than being excited about his good fortune, Max wants to quickly sell the property and return to his life in London where he is a ruthless securities trader and loner. The movie tells the story of Max (Russell Crowe) who inherits a rundown house and vineyard in Provence from his Uncle Henry played by Albert Finney who Max visited during summers as a boy. ![]() ![]() The movie is directed by Ridley Scott who himself lives in the Luberon and is based on a Peter Mayle novel. ![]() I told you in a previous post that "A Good Year" starring Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard is my favorite American/British-made movie set in the South of France.
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