Avenue George-V

Breathless · Filming location

Avenue George-V

In the story · The travel agency and the escape down the métro stairs

Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo), wanted by the police, comes to this avenue off the Champs-Élysées to a travel agency, trying to collect the money a friend owes him. Later, with two detectives on his heels, he shakes them off by running down the stairs of George V métro station.

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Stand at the George V métro entrance on the Champs-Élysées and shoot down the stairs, with the avenue and the Arc de Triomphe direction behind you for context.

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Getting there

  • Address: Avenue George V, 75008 Paris
  • Nearest metro: George V (L1)
Access
Public streets, open at all times. The travel agency is gone.
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Sources found on October 17, 2026.

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