Breathless · Filming location
Cinéma Le Mac-Mahon
In the story · Patricia escapes the police
Patricia shakes off the detective tailing her by ducking into this single-screen cinema, then showing Otto Preminger's Whirlpool, and slipping out through the toilets. A stone's throw from the Arc de Triomphe, the Mac-Mahon still runs classic-film programmes behind an updated frontage.
Where to stay nearby
Stay a 1-min walk from hereMap with prices from several sites · distance: OpenStreetMap
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More Breathless places nearby
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Avenue George-V960 m away · 13 min on foot
Champs-Élysées (Belmondo walking shot)1.2 km away · 16 min on foot
Famous places nearby
Not places of the story, but worth the walk.
Where to stand for the photo
Shoot from the opposite pavement so the lit sign and the box-office façade fill the frame, with the avenue running off toward the Étoile.
Getting there
- Address: 5 Avenue Mac-Mahon, 75017 Paris
- Nearest metro: Charles de Gaulle–Étoile (L1/L2/L6)
- Access
- Ticket required for the interior
Public sources (6)
- Places of Breathless on Wikidata
- Cinéma Mac-Mahon on Wikidata
- Official website
- movie-locations.com
- bfi.org.uk
- thecinetourist.net
Sources found on October 17, 2026.
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We always say if it is:
- The real filming location
- A place standing in for it
- Inspired by the story
From other stories, nearby
- Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle)Funny Face200 m away · 3 min on foot
- Arc de TriompheLupin290 m away · 4 min on foot
- Salle PleyelCall My Agent!500 m away · 7 min on foot
- Ladurée Champs-ÉlyséesEmily in Paris700 m away · 9 min on foot
Where to eat nearby
Le Petit Acacia
290 m away · 4 min on footbistro€€Auvergne bistro serving aligot and stuffed cabbage, a short walk from the Mac-Mahon cinema of Breathless
Prunier
390 m away · 5 min on footseafood€€€€Caviar and seafood since 1924 behind a listed, mosaic-clad Art Deco façade
Flora Danica
430 m away · 6 min on footDanish€€Danish brasserie in the Maison du Danemark, with a courtyard garden terrace
Every place checked against public sources
Production · film commissions · tourist boards · guides
We always say if it is:
- The real filming location
- A place standing in for it
- Inspired by the story
Every place checked against public sources
Production · film commissions · tourist boards · guides
We always say if it is:
- The real filming location
- A place standing in for it
- Inspired by the story