L’Auberge espagnole (2002)

AKA Pot Luck; The Spanish Apartment
dir. Cédric Klapisch

Xavier (Romain Duris) goes to see Mr. Perrin – Le Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de l’Industrie, 139 rue de Bercy, Paris, France. It’s now called Le Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances.

Xavier’s apartment building – Still searching for this location

Xavier goes to enroll in the Erasmus Programme – Batiment G (Langues), Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, 200 Avenue de la République, Nanterre, France

Upon his arrival in Barcelona, Xavier gets off the airport express – Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Xavier talking about unfamiliar places and streets that would soon become familiar – Via Laietana, Barcelona, Spain

Xavier crossing the square – Plaça Reial, Barcelona, Spain

Xavier searching for the home of the Miralpeix family, where he was initially supposed to stay - Carrer Escudellers Blancs, Barcelona, Spain

Xavier meets with Anne-Sophie (Judith Godrèche) - Parc Güell, Barcelona, Spain

Xavier writing to his Parisian girlfriend Martine (Audrey Tautou) – Platja de la Barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain

A view from the apartment that Xavier shares with other Erasmus students - Still searching for this location

Isabelle (Cécile de France) complains about teaching being in Catalan – University of Barcelona, L'Eixample, Barcelona, Spain

Xavier takes Anne-Sophie to see the Sagrada Familia, Plaça de la Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain

The bar where Xavier hangs out – Iposa, 14 Carrer Floristes de la Rambla, Barcelona, Spain

Anne-Sophie complains about Barcelona being "such a dirty city" - The area has been redeveloped and the new Barcelona University building stands in its place. The second screenshot shows them walking down Carrer Montalegre toward the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA).

Xavier takes a cable-car ride with Anne-Sophie - Telefèric del Port, Barcelona, Spain

Xavier’s date with Anne-Sophie which begins their affair - Parc Güell, Barcelona, Spain

Wendy (Kelly Reilly) with her American boyfriend – Rambla del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

Xavier goes to see Anne-Sophie’s husband for a medical check-up – Hospital del Mar, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 25, Barcelona, Spain. The same hospital was also featured in Pedro Almodovar's All About My Mother (1999).

Xavier gets a phone call about Wendy’s English boyfriend coming to visit – Carrer de les Caputxes, Barcelona, Spain

The apartment’s balcony - Still searching for this location

Back in Paris, Xavier meets with Martine, and he feels it might be their last time together – Au soleil de la butte, 32 Rue Muller, Paris, France. The same café was used in the 1995 remake of Sabrina.

Xavier and Martine kiss on "the tiniest sidewalk in Paris" – Rue d’Orchampt, Paris, France

Xavier goes to "the neighborhood that the Parisians never visit" – Rue Maurice Utrillo, Montmartre, Paris, France

Xavier wandering through Montmartre – Place du Tertre, Paris, France

2 Rue des Saules, Paris, France

See also...

Barcelona

Before Sunrise

To Rome with Love (2012)

dir. Woody Allen

The traffic cop's monologue – Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy. The Monument of Vittorio Emmanuele II is seen in the background.

Hayley (Alison Pill) meets Michelangelo (Flavio Parenti) – Via del Teatro di Marcello near the cordonata leading to the Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, Italy

Michelangelo takes Hayley to the Trevi Fountain, Piazza di Trevi, Rome, Italy

Antonio (Alessandro Tiberi) and Milly (Alessandra Mastronardi) arrive in Rome – Stazione Termini, Rome, Italy

John Foy (Alec Baldwin) with his wife and friends – Caffè della Pace, Via Della Pace 3-7, Rome, Italy. Located on a picturesque corner near Piazza Navona, this cafe has been a popular meeting place for artists and literary figures, people of fashion, politics and entertainment.

John walking in his old neighborhood – Via Margutta, Rome, Italy. This is Woody Allen’s apparent homage to Roman Holiday (1953) where Gregory Peck’s character lived at Via Margutta 51.

John meets Jack (Jesse Eisenberg) – the corner of Via della Scala and Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, Rome, Italy

Leopoldo Pisanello's (Roberto Benigni) apartment building – Via di Villa Belardi 17, Rome, Italy

Leopoldo discussing a movie he’s just seen with his wife and friends – Cinema Farnese, Piazza Campo Dè Fiori 56, Rome, Italy

Milly is lost - Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy.

Jack’s house – Via dei Neofiti 8, Rome, Italy

Giancarlo Santoli’s (Fabio Armiliato) funeral parlor – Via Terni 95, Rome, Italy

Milly pondering her predicament – Fontana delle Tartarughe (Turtle Fountain), Piazza Mattei, Rome, Italy

Milly meets her idol Luca Salta (Antonio Albanese) – Piazza Mattei, Rome, Italy

Jack showing Rome to Monica (Ellen Page) – Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, Italy. The equestrian statue of the emperor Marcus Aurelius stands in the middle of the piazza.

The Colosseum as seen from Via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome, Italy

Jack talking to Monica – Music Auditorium, Viale Pietro De Coubertin 30, Rome, Italy

Leopoldo arrives at a movie premiere with his wife – The Space Cinema Moderno, Piazza della Repubblica, Rome, Italy. The Fountain of the Naiads is seen in the background.

Jack, Monica, Sally and John go to see some Roman ruins – Acquedotto Claudio, Viale Claudio, Parco degli Acquedotti, Rome, Italy. Thanks to Duchesse de Guermantes for the correction.

Villa dei Quintili, Via Appia Nuova 1092, Rome, Italy

Jack regrets having introduced Monica to Leonardo – Porta Settimana, Rome, Italy

Jack discussing Camus and Dostoyevsky with Monica – Bar Gelateria Il Faraone, Piazza della Madonna dei Monti 8, Rome, Italy

Monica and Jack sneaking into the old Roman baths at night - Baths of Caracalla, Via delle Terme di Caracalla 52, Rome, Italy

Antonio and Anna (Penelope Cruz) attend a posh party - Villa Quintili, Via Appia Antica 290, Rome, Italy

Paparazzi stalking Leopoldo and his date – Sabatini Restaurant, Vicolo Santa Maria in Trastevere 23, Rome, Italy

Jack and Monica making future plans – Villa Borghese Gardens, Largo Pablo Picasso, Rome, Italy

Paparazzi abandon Leopoldo for a bus driver - Via della Vite 33, Rome, Italy

Monica tells Jack that she’s going back to Los Angeles - La Vecchia Pineta Restaurant in Lido di Ostia, a coastal area outside Rome, Italy. The existing blue umbrellas were replaced with orange ones to match the film’s color palette.

Leopoldo is distressed that nobody pays any attention to him anymore - Via Vittorio Veneto at Via Lombardia, Rome, Italy

The finale - Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti aka the Spanish Steps, Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Italy

See also...

Midnight in Paris

The Great Beauty