Filming Locations
Exteriors were shot on location near Grenoble in the communes of Albertville, Livet-et-Gavet, Avrieux, Apprieu, Bourg d'Oisans, Vallorcine, Vinay and Virieu sur Bourbre.
The university was actually the Onera Modane-Avrieux wind tunnels Centre at Villarodin-Bourget, Savoy 45°12′49.53″N 6°43′1.90″E / 45.2137583°N 6.7171944°E / 45.2137583; 6.7171944. The glacier scenes were filmed on the Mer de Glace beneath Mont-Blanc and above Argentiere in the Chamonix Valley, Haute-Savoie. The house on stilts by the river can be seen here 45°6′26.45″N 5°55′59.27″E / 45.1073472°N 5.9331306°E / 45.1073472; 5.9331306.
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