Heritage estates often impress us: grandiose, they recount a sumptuous past. La Malmaison, Le Trianon, Nohant These venues of French heritage and culture we share with the world. Their enchanting sites witnessed the dark beauty of passionate love.
And if they often end badly, they offer the greatest filmmakers the sumptuous setting for films that haunt us for a long time.
Loc' Hall takes you on a romantic stroll through venues. What would Napoleon be without Josephine? These two very different people are forever linked in our memories. For a time, the beautiful Creole and the impetuous Corsican enjoyed a most-perfect love. And even when fate forced the couple to separate, Emperor Bonaparte donated this jewel to his lady love.
And how could we fail to fall under the absolute charm of the grand inlaid salons, where you can still breathe in the perfume of the spurned empress? La Malmaison is a bittersweet story of contrasting, intensely cinematic passions.
Marie-Antoinette remains inseparable from the gilded life of the castles we love to adorn. And the legends are immortal. The tragic presence of the young queen marks for eternity the most beautiful heritage sites, the highest venues cultural heritage sites. Between the grandeur and prestige of her rank and the playfulness of an almost child, you might think you've caught her at a bend in an alley at the Domaine National de Saint-Cloud.
