Quiet! Quiet! We're shooting...
Did you know that our region has often attracted many directors to shoot part or all of a film in a natural setting? I can tell you that Cahors has been used as a location for films such as "Un amour de sorcière" by René Manzor, starring Jean Reno and Vanessa Paradis, and "Jeanne d'Arc" by Luc Besson, starring Milla Jovovich. Actress Juliette Binoche has once filmed in the Lot. It was for André Téchiné's film "Alice et Martin" (1998), with Mathieu Amalric and Roshdy Zem.
Closer to the Moulin du Boisset, in our little commune of Saint-Denis-Lès-Martel, scenes from a superb film were shot. In 2003, Jean Becker filmed parts of his "Effroyables jardins" around the station, with a dream cast including Jacques Villeret, André Dussolier, Thierry Lhermitte , Benoit Magimel, Isabelle Candelier, Suzanne Flon... Synopsis: Lucien, a fourteen-year-old teenager, doesn't understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himself in an amateur clown act. One day, André, his father's best friend, reveals the origin of this vocation...
