In 1970s Milan, Patrizia Reggiani, the ambitious daughter of a trucking businessman, marries Maurizio Gucci, a shy law student and heir to the fashion house. She pushes him to take the company from his uncle Aldo and his cousin Paolo, until Maurizio leaves her, and in 1995 she has him shot outside his office. Ridley Scott directed the true story with Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, filming in Rome, Milan, on Lake Como and in the Aosta Valley.
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House of Gucci (2021) tells the true story of Patrizia Reggiani, who marries Maurizio Gucci, heir to the fashion house, helps him take control of the company and, after he leaves her, has him killed in 1995. Ridley Scott filmed it in real places in Italy. Start on Lake Como: Villa Balbiano, on the shore facing Isola Comacina, is the lake house of Maurizio's uncle Aldo, where the Guccis throw their pool party. It is a private villa, seen from a boat.
Milan is an hour away and can be walked in a day: the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and Piazza del Duomo for the first dates, the university where Patrizia leaves Maurizio her number, Via Montenapoleone and lunch at Il Salumaio, and Villa Necchi Campiglio, the house of Maurizio's father Rodolfo. Rome, a longer trip, played much of Milan: the wedding church of Santa Maria in Campitelli, the Gucci shop on Via dei Condotti, the Coppedè district for the murder, and the Palace of Justice for the trial. The winter holidays in "St. Moritz" were shot in Gressoney-Saint-Jean, at Villa Loubenò and on the Weissmatten slopes.
Villa Balbiano and Villa Loubenò are private and seen only from outside; Villa Necchi Campiglio has paid entry and set opening days, and Il Salumaio needs a booking. Check before you go. The Studio 54 and fashion show sets were built in a warehouse near Rome's airport and at Cinecittà, so they are not listed.
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A real filming location. This 16th century villa on the shore facing Isola Comacina plays the Italian home of Aldo Gucci, Maurizio's uncle and the head of the company, who invites the young couple there; it is also where the Guccis throw a happy party by the pool. The crew filled the lake with fog for a wintry look.
Access · Private villa, not open to visitors: it is seen from the lake. Check before you go.
A real filming location, closed off for a day of shooting in March 2021. Patrizia and Maurizio walk under its glass dome on one of their first dates, in the heart of the Milan where the Guccis live and work.
Access · Public arcade, free and open at all hours. Crowded in the middle of the day.
A real filming location. Milan's cathedral square appears early in the film, as the story moves into the world of the Gucci family in Milan.
Access · Public square, free. Entry to the cathedral and its roof is paid. Check before you go.
A real filming location. This restaurant in the courtyard of Palazzo Bagatti Valsecchi, in the fashion district, is where the film shot an elegant lunch with Patrizia and Maurizio.
Access · A working restaurant: book a table to eat there. Check before you go.
A real filming location. This 1930s villa with a garden and pool plays the home of Rodolfo Gucci, Maurizio's father, a former film actor who disapproves of Patrizia and believes she only wants the family money.
Access · A FAI (Italian National Trust) house museum with paid entry and set opening days. Check before you go.
A real filming location. Maurizio is a law student, and at the old entrance of the university on Via Festa del Perdono Patrizia tracks him down and leaves him her phone number: the start of their story.
Access · A working university: the courtyards are often open on weekdays. Check before you go.
A real filming location. The main street of Milan's fashion district, where the big houses have their shops, was used for street and boutique scenes.
Access · Public street, free.
A real filming location, standing in for Milan. Patrizia and Maurizio marry in this baroque church, though Maurizio's father refuses to come; the real wedding took place at the church of Santo Spirito in Milan.
Access · A working church: dress modestly and do not visit during services. Check before you go.
A real filming location. The street was closed for filming, and some scenes were shot inside the real Gucci boutique, open here since 1938.
Access · Public street, free; the shop is open during store hours.
A real filming location, standing in for Milan. This fairy-tale corner of Rome, with its towers and decorated facades, plays the Guccis' Milan home and the street where Maurizio is shot in 1995, which in reality was Via Palestro in Milan.
Access · Public streets with private homes: look from the street and keep quiet.
A real filming location. Rome's huge court building, nicknamed the Palazzaccio, appears during the trial of Patrizia Reggiani, accused of ordering her husband's murder.
Access · The Supreme Court sits here: look from outside. Check before you go.
A real filming location, standing in for St. Moritz in Switzerland. Outside this villa in the mountain village the film shot the Guccis' winter holidays at their chalet, where Patrizia clashes with Maurizio's rich friends.
Access · Private property: look from the road. Check before you go.
A real filming location, standing in for St. Moritz. The skiing scenes of the Guccis' winter holidays were shot on the slopes of this small ski area above Gressoney-Saint-Jean.
Access · Ski lifts are paid and open only in season. Check before you go.
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Il Salumaio di Montenapoleone is a working restaurant in the courtyard of Palazzo Bagatti Valsecchi: book a table.
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Villa Necchi Campiglio is a FAI house museum with paid entry, open on set days.
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The film shot it in Santa Maria in Campitelli in Rome; the real wedding was at the church of Santo Spirito in Milan.
In reality on Via Palestro in Milan.
The film shot the scene in Rome's Quartiere Coppedè, where people live: look from the street and keep quiet.
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The Guccis' Milan on foot: from the university to Villa Necchi
The love story and the fashion world in one walk: where Patrizia finds Maurizio, the first dates, the fashion street, the lunch and his father's house.
Villa Necchi opens on set days: check before you go, and book Il Salumaio if you want to eat there.
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Patrizia leaves Maurizio her number
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Early scenes in Milan
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Patrizia and Maurizio's early dates in Milan
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Milan's fashion streets
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Lunch in Milan
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Rodolfo Gucci's house
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On 27 March 1995 Maurizio Gucci was shot outside his office on Via Palestro, the street along these gardens.
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By metro · ~16 min
By metro · ~15 min
Walk ~18 min
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Sardinian seafood restaurant a short walk from Piazza Mincio, the Coppedè square seen in Emily in Paris
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Tuscan cooking in Rome since 1934, around the corner from Via dei Condotti from House of Gucci
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