Le Select

In the film's night-time stretch Michel hunts along Boulevard du Montparnasse for the friend who owes him money, and this 1923 café-bar is one of the stops. Le Select, with its red awning and wicker chairs, is the least changed of the great Montparnasse cafés.

More Breathless places nearby

• Rue Campagne-Première5 min360 m away · 5 min on foot
• Montparnasse Cemetery7 min500 m away · 7 min on foot
• Former Royal Saint-Germain café (Boulevard Saint-Germain)17 min1.3 km away · 17 min on foot

Famous places nearby

Not places of the story, but worth the walk.

• Luxembourg Gardens

  10 min760 m away · 10 min on foot

  Green chairs around the pond, the Medici fountain and the Senate palace.

From other stories, nearby

• Le DômeA Moveable Feast1 min80 m away · 1 min on foot
• Dingo Bar (10 Rue Delambre)A Moveable Feast1 min90 m away · 1 min on foot
• 70 bis Rue Notre-Dame-des-ChampsA Moveable Feast3 min240 m away · 3 min on foot
• Cimetière du MontparnasseParis, je t'aime4 min300 m away · 4 min on foot

Where to eat nearby

• La Coupole

  1 min40 m away · 1 min on foot

  French brasserie€€

  Listed Art Deco brasserie opened in 1927, still serving its signature lamb curry

• La Rotonde

  1 min70 m away · 1 min on foot

  French brasserie€€€

  Montparnasse brasserie founded in 1911; Hemingway names it in The Sun Also Rises, Picasso was a regular

• Le Dôme

  1 min90 m away · 1 min on foot

  seafood€€€

  Seafood brasserie where Hemingway sits with the painter Pascin in A Moveable Feast