Maps of Movies
That Man from Rio (1964)
Where That Man from Rio says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A Paris theft ends on cables between half-built towers in a new capital: the places that made Belmondo's stunt adventure
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Scenes and places
Adrien arrives in Paris (1964)
A soldier with eight days of leave arrives in Paris, eager to see his fiancée. The trip is meant to be a quiet reunion.
Set in Gare de Lyon, Paris — Adrien reaches Paris to spend his leave with his fiancée. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The big Paris railway terminal in the 12th arrondissement.
Filmed at Around the Gare de Lyon (12th arrondissement · Gare de Lyon, Paris, France) — The French Wikipedia lists the area around the Gare de Lyon as the place where Adrien's arrival was filmed. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The statuette is stolen (1964)
Two men take an Amazonian statuette from a Paris museum and push its curator into their car. The theft starts the hunt for a treasure map in three pieces.
Set in Musée de l'Homme, Paris — Two men steal an Amazonian statuette and force the curator into their car. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The anthropology museum beside the Trocadéro gardens.
Filmed at Trocadéro and the Musée de l'Homme (16th arrondissement · Trocadéro, Paris, France) — The French Wikipedia names the Trocadéro and the Musée de l'Homme as filming places. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Agnès is taken from her flat (1964)
Adrien reaches her flat just as the men carry Agnès away. She is the only one who knows where her father's statuette is hidden.
Set in Agnès's flat, Île Saint-Louis — Adrien arrives at his fiancée's flat in time to see her carried off. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A river-front street on the Île Saint-Louis.
Filmed at 16 quai de Béthune, corner of rue de Bretonvilliers (4th arrondissement · Île Saint-Louis, Paris, France) — The French Wikipedia gives this corner on the Île Saint-Louis for the flat and the kidnapping scene; coordinates are those of rue de Bretonvilliers. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Onto the same plane (1964)
Adrien runs after the kidnappers, steals a ticket and boards the same plane.
Set in Orly Airport, Paris — Adrien follows the kidnappers, steals a ticket and boards their plane. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Paris's southern airport.
Filmed at Orly Airport (Orly Airport, Paris, France) — The French Wikipedia lists Orly airport among the Paris filming places. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Along a hotel wall in Rio (1964)
Adrien dodges the police in Rio and, with the help of a young shoeshiner, tries to get Agnès back. The chase now becomes an acrobatic stunt show.
Set in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro — In Rio, Adrien escapes the police and moves along the outside of a hotel facade. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Rio's best-known beach district.
Filmed at Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro (Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) — The French Wikipedia says a scene on the outside of a hotel facade in Copacabana was filmed there; the hotel is not named. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Crossing between two skyscrapers (1964)
Adrien is tailed by gangsters in the new capital. He escapes by crossing between two unfinished skyscrapers on a cable.
Set in Brasília under construction — Adrien escapes the gangsters by crossing a cable between two skyscrapers still under construction. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The capital planned from scratch and still being built in the film.
Filmed at Brasília construction site (building not identified) (Plano Piloto, Brasília, Brazil) — The French Wikipedia says the Brasília scenes, notably Belmondo's stunts, were shot in the new city while it was still under construction; the buildings are not named. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The party in their honor (1964)
Adrien and Agnès are the guests of honor at a party given by the industrialist who owns the third statuette. Catalan, the curator, is there too.
Set in Brasília under construction (De Castro's party) — A wealthy industrialist throws a party for them; he holds the third statuette. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The Brazilian capital, new and unfinished, as seen in 1964.
A floating cafe in the jungle (1964)
Adrien follows the kidnappers into the Amazon and finds a cafe floating on the river. There he learns the truth about the death of Agnès's father.
Set in Floating jungle cafe, Amazon — A cafe on the river, run by the woman who financed the curator's scheme.
A fictional river cafe in the Amazon.
The grotto with three statuettes (1964)
Catalan heads for a grotto where the statuettes, lined up with the sun, reveal the treasure. Adrien, meanwhile, goes to find Agnès.
Set in Jungle grotto, Amazon — A cave where the three statuettes, lined up with the rays of the sun, will point to a treasure.
A cave in the Amazon rainforest.
Filmed at Place du Panthéon, Paris (5th arrondissement · Place du Panthéon, Paris, France) — The Paris chase Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Adrien Dufourquet — A soldier on an 8-day leave who chases his kidnapped fiancée from Paris to the Amazon.
- Agnès Villermosa — Adrien's fiancée, the only one who knows where her late father's statuette is hidden.
- Professor Catalan — The curator of the Paris museum, who was her father's companion on an Amazon expedition.