Celine says to Jesse, “You have to think that Notre Dame will be gone one day.” An accurate prediction, as it turned out.Purchase ANY ticket with Fandango & receive a link for a free kids LEGOLAND® admission ticket (up to $134 value) with the purchase of a full-price adult admission ticket to LEGOLAND®. In the film, the sight of the majestic cathedral is a cause for reflection on the fleeting nature of beauty. Along the way, we passed the burned out remains of the Notre Dame. We walked to Quai de la Tournelle, which took almost as long as it seems to take Jesse and Celine’s boat - even though it is only travelling from one side of the Seine to the other. The guests sipped champagne and caviar as they danced to the dulcit strains of a hired jazz ensemble. (Not to be confused with Australia’s own Yellow Vest movement which, demonstrating our knack for thoroughly flawed logic, is an anti-Islamic party.)īeside this optimistic wish for a brighter future, a yacht was moored - hosting an opulent wedding. This is in reference to the gilets jaunes, a grassroots movement that holds demonstrations every week in the centre of Paris to protest a government that hands out tax cuts to the rich while ignoring the plight of the ever-growing poor. Graffiti was scrawled in the background of where our erstwhile sweethearts once stood, assuring us that “The summer will be yellow” ( L’été sera jaune). The regular ferry bypasses those quays, which I’m guessing is why they were chosen for our fictional couple to cavort on. However, after careful consideration of the transport timetable, we learned that there is indeed no boat between the two quays in the film. Thank you, globalisation/mass tourism.īecause we were on the wrong bank, we figured we’d do the boat ride backwards - with the aim of starting from Quai Henri IV and ending at Quai de la Tournelle, which is where our amourous duo spontaneously embark. Gusts of wind were turning the rain into sleet so we stopped for wine in the only place we could find: a godawful American bar that pumped out music that would have been surprisingly appropriate for the soundtrack of a 2004 film (just not this particular one).
I’m not sure how Celine and Jesse managed to exit the park straight onto the banks of the river - and apparently on the opposite side from where they had begun - because we were still a 10-minute walk away from the Seine.
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