Ouistreham Filming Locations
Where was Ouistreham filmed? Ouistreham was filmed in 26 locations across France in the following places:
Ouistreham Filming Locations
Caen is a port city and capital of Calvados department in northern France's Normandy region. Its center features the Château de Caen, a circa-1060 castle built by William the Conqueror. It stands on a hill flanked by the Romanesque abbeys of Saint-Étienne and Sainte-Trinité, which both date from the same period. The multimedia Mémorial museum is devoted to World War II, the 1944 Battle of Normandy and the Cold War.
Ouistreham is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy region in northwestern France. Ouistreham is a small port with fishing boats, leisure craft and a ferry harbour. It serves as the port of the city of Caen. The town borders the mouth of the Canal de Caen à la Mer.
Giberville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Bayeux is a town on the Aure river in the Normandy region of northwestern France, 10 kilometers from the Channel coast. Its medieval center contains cobbled streets, half-timbered houses and the towering, Norman-Gothic Cathédrale Notre-Dame. The famed 68-meter Tapisserie de Bayeux, an 11th-century tapestry depicting the 1066 Norman invasion of England, is on display in an 18th-century seminary.
Colombelles is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is located on the Canal de Caen à la Mer.
Lion-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Bavent is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Baventais or Baventaises.
Merville-Franceville-Plage is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Louvigny is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Ouistreham (2021)
It is based on French journalist Florence Aubenas's bestselling non-fiction work Le Quai de Ouistreham, investigating rising precarity in French society through her experiences in the northern port city of Caen.