Florence is one of the most beautiful cities in the world: it is no surprise that Firenze has been used as a movie set. Take a look at this collection and get inspired for your next trip to Florence!
A movie tour of Florence: the list
A Room With a View (1985): another life in Florence
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Lot of time before the Harry Potter franchise or Downton Abbey, Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter star in this jewel by James Ivory.
In A Room with a View (originally an E.M. Forster novel), a holiday in Florence is a mind – opener experience for Helena Bonham Carter / Lucy Honeychurch: it is a long long way from the country town of Summer Street, Surrey, to the beauty of Florence and the fascinating, rough passion of the Fiorentini!
And the beauty of Firenze is not just a set, is one of the characters of the movie.
Chianti, you know… Hannibal (2001)
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There is a (in)famous hook about the love of Hannibal Lecter for Chianti in The Silence of the Lambs: so it makes perfectly sense that the cannibal genius hides in Florence – close to the Chianti hills.
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Again, the beauty of the city is something more than just a set. By the way: the fava beans are really quite popular in Tuscany, a perfect match for cheese (the Tuscan pecorino – sheep cheese -, or the “baccellone”, named after the fava beans – baccelli-) or the “spalla” (the pork’s shoulder, a tasty cold cut).
The city of the “Inferno” (2015). Well: sort of
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From Paris to Florence, Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is back. Angels and Demons (mostly Demons…) in Florence: didn’t Dante write a lot about them in the Divine Comedy?
And, yes: if you dare you can walk the Hell Street, while in Florence…
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