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Cloud Atlas (2012)
Where Cloud Atlas says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A 2144 Korean city and a 1973 San Francisco were both shot in Scotland, and Hawaii was Mallorca.
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Scenes and places
Adam Ewing on the Chatham Islands
Adam Ewing, an American lawyer, waits for his ship to be repaired. He sees the whipping of Autua, an enslaved Moriori man, and the encounter starts the 1849 story.
Set in Chatham Islands — 1849: American lawyer Adam Ewing waits here while his transport ship is repaired. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Sa Calobra beach, Mallorca (Sa Calobra, Mallorca, Spain) — The opening scene, when Adam Ewing meets Dr. Henry Goose, was filmed on this beach. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Port de Sóller, Mallorca (Port de Sóller, Mallorca, Spain) — The harbour stands in for the mooring of the 19th-century ship. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Frobisher at Vyvyan Ayrs's house
Robert Frobisher, a young British composer, takes work as an amanuensis to the aging Vyvyan Ayrs. Under that roof he starts writing his own piece, the Cloud Atlas Sextet.
Set in Vyvyan Ayrs's house — 1936: composer Robert Frobisher works at the home of the aging composer Vyvyan Ayrs.
Filmed at Overtoun House, Dunbartonshire (Overtoun House, Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom) — This mansion doubled for the house of Vyvyan Ayrs in the 1936 segment. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Luisa Rey's San Francisco, 1973
Journalist Luisa Rey meets Sixsmith, now a nuclear physicist, who tips her off to a plot around a nuclear reactor. The meeting pulls her into a conspiracy.
Set in San Francisco — 1973: journalist Luisa Rey meets the physicist Rufus Sixsmith. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Glasgow city centre (stand-in for San Francisco) (Glasgow city centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom) — Glasgow doubled for San Francisco; the source names the city, not a specific street. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Timothy Cavendish checks into Aurora House
Timothy Cavendish, a publisher on the run from a gangster's brothers, signs in to Aurora House thinking it is a hotel. He then finds he has committed himself to a nursing home where outside contact is prohibited.
Set in Aurora House — 2012: publisher Timothy Cavendish signs in, believing the place is a hotel.
Filmed at Overtoun House, Dunbartonshire (Overtoun House, Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom) — The same mansion also played Aurora House in the 2012 segment. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Sonmi-451 in Neo Seoul
Sonmi-451, a humanoid clone, is indentured as a fast-food server in a dystopian Neo Seoul. Another fabricant, Yoona-939, exposes her to ideas of rebellion.
Set in Neo Seoul — 2144: Sonmi-451 serves fast food in a dystopian Neo Seoul.
Zachry on the Big Island, 2321
Zachry's village is visited by Meronym, a member of an advanced off-world society. She asks him to guide her up the mountain to a forgotten communication station.
Set in Big Island, Hawaii — 2321: Zachry's tribe lives on a post-apocalyptic Big Island, where Meronym arrives.
Filmed at Serra de Tramuntana, Mallorca (Serra de Tramuntana, Mallorca, Spain) — The mountain scenes of the Big Island were shot mostly in these mountains. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Cala Tuent, Mallorca (Cala Tuent, Mallorca, Spain) — Scenes were shot at this cove. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Cap de Formentor, Mallorca (Cap de Formentor, Mallorca, Spain) — Scenes were shot near Formentor. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Scott Monument, Edinburgh (Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) — Frobisher's Edinburgh, 1936 Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Glasgow city centre (stand-in for London) (Glasgow city centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom) — Timothy Cavendish's London, 2012 Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Adam Ewing — An American lawyer waiting for his ship to be repaired in 1849.
- Robert Frobisher — A British composer who becomes assistant to the aging Vyvyan Ayrs in 1936.
- Luisa Rey — A journalist who chases a nuclear-plant conspiracy in 1973.
- Timothy Cavendish — An aging London publisher who ends up in a nursing home in 2012.
- Sonmi-451 — A clone fast-food server in Neo Seoul, 2144.
- Zachry Bailey — A tribesman on a post-apocalyptic Big Island in 2321.
- Meronym — A member of the off-world Prescients who visits Zachry's village.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the Big Island of Cloud Atlas really filmed?