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Noah (2014)

Where Noah says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A biblical flood epic with no map: the ark was a set on Long Island, and the lava wastelands are in Iceland

Scenes and places

The night Noah's father is killed

As a child, Noah watches king Tubal-cain kill his father, Lamech, to take his land. Years later Noah lives there with his wife and three sons, and the dream of a great flood begins to haunt him.

Set in Noah's family land — Where Noah's father Lamech is killed by king Tubal-cain, who wants the land.

A biblical-era homeland, not tied to a real place in the film.

The lone survivor on the road

On the way to his grandfather, Noah's family passes a field of the recently killed and finds one survivor, a wounded girl. They take her in and treat her, and Naameh learns she cannot bear children.

Set in Road to Methuselah's mountain — Where Noah's family finds a recently killed group and adopts a girl, Ila.

A stretch of wasteland between Noah's home and the mountain of his grandfather.

Into the land of the Watchers

Chased by the killers, Noah's family escapes into the land of the Watchers, fallen angels left stranded on Earth as stone creatures. Some Watchers want the humans dead, but others see a man still loyal to the Creator.

Set in Land of the Watchers — Where the family flees from pursuers into the land of the stone-creature Watchers.

Home of the Watchers, fallen angels who descended to help Adam and Eve and were left stranded as stone creatures.

A seed from Eden

Noah reaches his grandfather Methuselah, who helps him understand the flood visions and hands him a seed from Eden. Noah plants it nearby, and the next morning water spouts from the ground and a forest rises around the Watchers.

Set in Methuselah's mountain — Where grandfather Methuselah interprets Noah's visions and gives him a seed from Eden.

The remote mountain home of Noah's very old grandfather.

Building the ark

The Watchers, convinced Noah serves the Creator, help him build the ark. As it nears completion, animals begin to arrive, and Tubal-cain leads his followers to confront Noah and then plans to take the ark by force.

Set in The ark building site — Where Noah and the Watchers build the ark, in the forest that rose from the seed.

A forest clearing that grew from one seed, now crowded with the ark and arriving animals.

Filmed at Planting Fields Arboretum, Upper Brookville, New York — A set representing Noah's Ark was built here; no source says which scenes were shot at which spot of the grounds. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The refugee camp

Noah visits the refugee camp to find wives for his sons. Seeing how far the people have fallen, he gives up, and his son Ham, who fears a lonely life, runs into the forest.

Set in The refugee camp — Where Noah goes to find wives for his sons and sees the people's moral decay.

A crowded settlement of people who survived the world outside.

The ark touches land

After months afloat, the ark comes to rest against a mountaintop.

Set in Mountaintop where the ark lands — Where the ark comes to rest after the flood.

A peak that surfaces as the flood waters recede.

Filmed at Dyrhólaey, southern Iceland — Where principal photography began on 20 July 2012; the story scene is not specified Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Reynisfjara, southern Iceland — Where principal photography began on 20 July 2012; the story scene is not specified Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland — Most of the Iceland scenes; the exact spots are not specified Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Noah — The patriarch who dreams of a great flood and is told to build an ark.
• Naameh — Noah's wife, who stands by her family and pleads for mercy.
• Ila — A girl adopted by the family after a massacre, later in love with Shem.
• Shem — Noah's eldest son.
• Ham — Noah's middle son, who fears being alone.
• Tubal-cain — The king who killed Noah's father and sets out to take the ark.
• Lamech — Noah's father.