The homage by Pascal Bonitzer is not only a tribute to one of the most beloved figures in the detective genre but also to the city that has long animated its investigations: Paris. The locations of Maigret – Love and Death should sound especially familiar to fans of Georges Simenon’s crime novels: along elegant avenues, aristocratic apartments, imposing power palaces, and refined antique boutiques. This is where the film, which will be released in Italian theaters on September 24, 2026, was shot.
What it’s about
When the former ambassador Berthier-Lagès (Gaëtan Galliod) is found dead inside the Quai d’Orsay, Commissioner Maigret (Denis Podalydès) is urgently summoned. As he investigates, he uncovers that the man had maintained, for more than fifty years, a secret relationship with Princess de Vuynes (Dominique Reymond).
The woman’s husband has also died a few days earlier under suspicious circumstances. Questioning the two families, the diplomat’s associates, and his enigmatic maid during a case full of twists, Maigret gains another confirmation of the hypocrisy that cloaks a bourgeois life made, more often than one might think, of hushed truths and mere appearances.
Where the film was shot
The new Pascal Bonitzer film was shot entirely in Paris, in neighborhoods whose streets and squares deliberately echo the elegance and refinement of aristocratic life.
Quai d’Orsay
The Seventh Arrondissement naturally stands at the heart of the action: it is here, at the Quai d’Orsay, the famous riverside stretch on the Left Bank of the Seine, that the ex-diplomat is found dead and where the detective’s investigations converge. Parisians—and not only them—will have no trouble recognizing on screen the historic address, at 37, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Among the locations for Maigret – Love and Death, interiors are deliberately favored: they serve as a visual metaphor to recreate on screen the muffled and sometimes claustrophobic atmosphere one must breathe in certain upscale Parisian drawing rooms, and to give emphasis to the dialogues during interrogations and more. According to various online sources, the scene inside the antique shop would have been filmed, for instance, in Paris’s 9th arrondissement on Rue Saint-Georges. The Commissioner Maigret and his companion share a meal at a distinguished restaurant on Rue Paul-Bert, in the 11th arrondissement.
Place Dauphine
Among the few outdoor scenes in this new Maigret adventure, some were filmed in the 1st arrondissement. Easy to recognize for its triangular layout and already familiar to cinema-goers (as in Me Before You), it is the Place Dauphine, a seventeenth-century square built by Henry IV in honor of his son, the future king Louis XIII.
Canal Saint-Martin
Scenes shot along the Canal Saint-Martin pay tribute not only to one of Paris’s most picturesque canals but also to one of Maigret’s most famous and beloved cases: “Maigret and the Headless Corpse.” Listed as a historic monument of France, it was constructed in the early nineteenth century by Napoleon and in the following centuries underwent several restoration and redevelopment projects that have made it a beloved spot for Parisians to stroll, relax outdoors, or enjoy a boat cruise. Traveling along the canal, which cuts through the city’s eastern districts, reveals a Paris with a decidedly retro flavor and plenty of romantic vistas.
