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Bridge of corpses
“Eight-point-two-five bodies are pulled from the Blasé river each week. A figure which remains consistent despite population growth and advances in health and hygiene.”
Herbsaint Sazerac (Owen Wilson)
If Angoulême and Gond-Pontrouve become Ennui-sur-Blasé in The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson’s tenth feature film, the river Le Touvre becomes Blasé. A river known in the story to be full of corpses fished out every week by an attendant working near the waterfalls. For this scene, very funny, Wes Anderson has rearranged the bridge to match the specifications of his film. Of course, in reality, there is no corpse in La Touvre.
The production of The French Dispatch has not failed to disrupt the daily life of the inhabitants of Angoulême. The latter have seen the arrival of many famous actors such as Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton or Owen Wilson. A team housed in the same hotel as Benicio del Toro recalled in the pages of Vanity Fair: “We were all staying in the same hotel, or almost. When I went down to dinner, I found myself in the middle of all these celebrities, all these actors that I admire. Henry Winkler sits down and… here I am talking to Fonzie about the series Happy Days ! It was a lot of fun. A bit like the Golden Globes but without the pressure, the speeches and the cameras.“
A very symbolic gesture: Wes Anderson’s team ordered a local company to manufacture many charentaises, those comfortable felt slippers, to equip all the prisoners of the story centered around the person played by Benicio del Toro.
The French Dispatch was shot 100% in France, in the region of Angoulême.
239 Rte de Paris
Not far from the roundabout, this bridge spans the Touvre. A place frequented by many tourists because of the small waterfalls that can be admired there.
The Touvre borrows many meanders and divides several times during its crossing of Gond-Pontrouve. Left tributary of the Charente, the Touvre runs for 11.7 km and contributes to the charm of the city it waters. Particularly photogenic at Pontouvre and the Paris road bridge, it is particularly famous for its swans and trout. It is therefore acclaimed by fishermen.
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