Filmmakers like to use Provence as a backdrop to stories because of the way the region looks so quintessentially French. They especially love the Lubéron, where picturesque villages sit perched on the hillsides and cars squeeze through narrow streets. Not the easiest of filming environments, but worth it in the end. If Paris is immediately recognizable by the Eiffel Tower, then for Provence it's the landscape: vineyards, olive trees, fields of lavender, sunflowers and poppies, and stone buildings with colorful shutters all announce Provence. Listen for the cigales (cicadas), they announce orally when you're in Provence.
Swimming Pool (2003)
A writer goes to stay at a house in Provence to get some tranquility, only to discover a young woman staying there who disturbs her peaceful retreat.
A Good Year (2006)
Based on the novel by Peter Mayle (who has made a career writing about Provence, his adopted homeland), the film entertains you while providing beautiful backdrops of Provençal villages and scenery. A great way to learn a little more about life in a small town. (The book and the movie are quite different, but equally interesting.)
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