Cinema and the Canal

Ni vu ni connu

1958 with Louis de Funès

Louis de Funès plays the character called "Blaireau", the poacher.

There is a classic comic scene of a fishing competition that takes place on the canal near Pouillenay, close to Semur en Auxois and Montbard on the Yonne side of the canal.

A sense of the fishing competition  "Ni vue , ni connu" from Willi Koï on Vimeo.

"Chocolate" With Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp, many scenes were filmed at Flavigny-sur-Ozerain and also Châteauneuf-en-Auxois.

Some of the scenes in "Cyrano de Bergerac," a classic of French theatre by Edmond Rostand, were filmed inside the Abbey of Fontenay.