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The towers of the port of La Rochelle
“Oh my God!”
The three dancers of the burlesque show arriving in La Rochelle
A former big TV producer, Joachim Zand (Mathieu Amalric) has the bright idea of putting on a burlesque show with five American artists. Together, they travelled across France from Le Havre to Saint-Nazaire via La Rochelle. It is while following a tourist guide that three dancers discover the seaport and its two towers.
Mathieu Almaric, actor and director of Tournée, chose to film the second part of his feature film in Charente-Maritime. In addition to the Porte océane, he packs scenes at the theater in Rochefort, in a supermarket in Fouras, on the pier for the island of Ré or at the hotel du grand Large in Dolus d’Oléron.
This tour, the actresses, the plot and the beautifully grained photography allowed the filmmaker to win the prize for direction at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
Worldwide revenues for Tournée total $3,482,340
The Chain Tower of La Rochelle
The two towers of the port of La Rochelle, the Tour Saint-Nicolas and the Tour de la Chaîne had a defensive vocation.
Together with the Lantern Tower, the Chain Tower and the Saint-Nicolas Tower allowed the maritime city to defend itself.
These two medieval buildings guarded the entrance to the port with a chain.
The Saint-Nicolas tower is the highest. It is made up of rooms, stairs and galleries.
The tower of the chain, as its name indicates, made it possible to go up and down the very heavy chains. Of cylindrical form, it measures 15 meters in diameter.
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