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Julie & Julia (2009)

Where Julie & Julia says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Two kitchens, two women, one Paris: most of the film's Paris was filmed in New York.

Scenes and places

Julia and Paul's Paris home (1949)

Julia arrives in Paris with her diplomat husband Paul and is delighted by the city and the place they will live. It sets up the appetite that sends her to cooking school.

Set in Julia and Paul Child's home, rue de l'Université, Paris — The apartment near the Seine where Julia, newly arrived with her diplomat husband, starts her new life.

The film built the Childs' Paris kitchen and rooms as a set, based on records of the real kitchen.

Julie and Eric's Queens apartment (2002)

Julie and her husband Eric move into a cramped apartment in Queens that rattles with noise at night. Julie tries to see the bright side, which sets up her need for a project of her own.

Set in Julie and Eric's apartment, Long Island City, Queens — The small apartment in Queens where Julie cooks her way through the cookbook (coordinates are the neighbourhood, not the building). Google Maps · Apple Maps

A real Queens apartment's kitchen panelling was cast and rebuilt on the film's set.

The call center where Julie works (2002)

Julie answers calls from victims' families and from members of the public angry about the plans for rebuilding the World Trade Center. She has no power to change anything, which pushes her to look for something she can finish.

Set in Lower Manhattan Development Corporation call center, New York — The office where Julie takes calls about the rebuilding plans for the World Trade Center site.

The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation was the body managing the rebuilding plans after September 11.

Julia at Le Cordon Bleu (1951)

Julia enrolls at Le Cordon Bleu and is the only woman in the class. The head of the school, Madame Brassart, clashes with her, but Julia is undaunted and finds she is fearless in the kitchen.

Set in Le Cordon Bleu, Paris — The Paris cooking school Julia joins as the only woman in her class (coordinates are today's campus, not the 1950s school). Google Maps · Apple Maps

The film does not say where the school scenes were shot.

A Paris garden that is really Brooklyn (1951)

Paris scenes for Julia's story were filmed in New York, so a Brooklyn park plays the French capital. The film's Paris life is largely rebuilt on the other side of the Atlantic.

Set in A garden in Paris — A Paris garden shown in Julia's story; which scene is not specified by the source.

Brooklyn's largest park, designed in the 19th century.

Filmed at Prospect Park, Brooklyn — Prospect Park stood in for a Parisian garden. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Julia's kitchen at the Smithsonian (2002)

Julie and Eric plan a pilgrimage to Julia's kitchen at the Smithsonian once her project is over. Julia's kitchen is the place Julie has been reaching toward all year.

Set in National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C. — The museum that displays Julia Child's actual kitchen. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The kitchen on display is Julia Child's real kitchen, not a replica.

Julia's kitchen in Cambridge (1961)

Julia and Paul settle in Cambridge, where her book is rejected by Houghton Mifflin as too long and complicated, then taken up by Knopf.

Set in Julia Child's kitchen, Cambridge, Massachusetts — Julia's later home kitchen (coordinates are Cambridge city centre, not the house). Google Maps · Apple Maps

A set was built for Julia's Cambridge kitchen.

Characters

• Julia Child — An American in 1950s Paris who learns French cooking and writes a cookbook for American housewives.
• Julie Powell — A New Yorker in 2002 who decides to cook every recipe in Julia's book in a year and blog about it.
• Paul Child — Julia's diplomat husband.
• Eric Powell — Julie's husband.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the film's Paris garden really filmed?