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Quantum of Solace (2008)
Where Quantum of Solace says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The film's Bolivia is Panama, Chile and Mexico; only its Italian chase, the opera and the seaside village are filmed where the story says.
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Scenes and places
The chase along Lake Garda (2008)
Bond drives the captured Mr. White along the lake road with pursuers on his tail. The film opens mid-chase, right after the previous story.
Set in Lake Garda road — Bond drives the captured Mr. White away from Lake Garda with pursuers behind him. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy, ringed by mountain roads.
Filmed at Limone sul Garda — Filming took place in Malcesine, Limone sul Garda and Tremosine in March; the exact road stretch is not given. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Tremosine — Third of the three Lake Garda towns named for the March shoot; point is the town centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The marble quarry crash (2008)
The pursuit carries Bond and his prisoner into a marble quarry. Pursuing cars crash on the white terraces.
Set in Marble quarry — The chase leads through a marble quarry where cars crash. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Carrara is the Tuscan town known for its white marble quarries.
Filmed at Carrara marble quarry — The car crash at the marble quarry was shot in Carrara on 13-17 May; the point given is the city centre, not the quarry. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Rooftops and fountain in Siena (2008)
Bond drives into Siena with pursuers close behind. The chase runs over the rooftops while the Palio race fills the square.
Set in Siena — Bond delivers White through the city during the Palio horse race, with pursuers across the rooftops. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Siena holds the Palio horse race twice a summer in its shell-shaped square.
Filmed at Piazza del Campo, Siena — The Palio was recreated on the Piazza del Campo (second unit shot the real Palio on 16 August 2007); rooftop scenes were shot 4-12 April. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Fonte Gaia, Siena — Bond emerges here. Originally he would have come up from the cisterns under Siena Cathedral, but that was cancelled out of respect for the site. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The MI6 safehouse in London (2008)
Bond hands White over to M, who questions him about the organisation called Quantum. Bond then follows the lead from M's bodyguard's flat to Haiti.
Set in London — M and Bond question White at an MI6 safehouse hidden in the city; the story then moves on from Mitchell's flat. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Pinewood Studios outside London is where the Bond sets are built.
Filmed at Pinewood Studios 007 Stage — The 007 Stage was used for the fight in the art gallery and for an MI6 safehouse hidden within the city's cisterns. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Haiti, filmed in Panama (2008)
Bond follows the lead to Haiti and ends up in a boat chase. There he first meets Camille.
Set in Haiti — Bond arrives in Haiti, the lead from the bodyguard's flat, and meets Camille. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The Haiti story point is the country as a whole; the plot names no city.
Filmed at Colón, Panama — The country doubled for Haiti and Bolivia; Colón is named among the locations. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Fort Sherman, Panama — The former US Army base is named as the site of the boat chase. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The opera on the lake stage (2008)
Bond follows Greene to a performance of Tosca on Lake Constance. He slips into the meeting Quantum holds during the opera.
Set in Bregenz Festival stage — Bond follows Greene to a performance of Tosca, where Quantum meets in the audience. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The Bregenz Festival stages operas on a floating lake stage each summer.
Filmed at Bregenz Festival lake stage — Filmed on the floating opera stage on 28 April-9 May, with 1,500 extras. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Feldkirch, Austria — A short driving scene was filmed in nearby Feldkirch. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Mathis in Talamone (2008)
Bond tracks his old ally Mathis to a seaside village. He asks Mathis to identify the Quantum men in his photos and to join him in Bolivia.
Set in Talamone — Bond finds René Mathis and asks him to identify the Quantum men he photographed. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Talamone is a fortified village on the Tuscan coast.
Filmed at Talamone — Filmed at Talamone at the end of April. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Bolivian party (2008)
Bond and Mathis arrive in Bolivia and are met by a consular employee. Bond then goes to Greene's fundraising party.
Set in Bolivia (city not named) — Bond and Mathis land in Bolivia; Bond is met by a consular employee, then attends a fundraising party held by Greene.
The Bolivian city is not named in the sources, so no point on the map.
Filmed at Howard Air Force Base, Panama — Shooting in Panama City began here on 7 February 2008. The source does not say which Bolivian scene was shot here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The dogfight over Bolivia (2008)
Bond and Camille fly over the land Quantum wants. A Bolivian fighter and a helicopter attack their plane.
Set in Bolivian airspace — Bond and Camille survey Quantum's intended land by air, and their plane is attacked by a Bolivian fighter and helicopter.
Baja California is a Mexican state used here for the sky battle.
Filmed at Baja California, Mexico — The shots of the aerial battle were filmed in early 2008; the point is the state's centre, not a site. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The desert hotel (2008)
Bond and Camille infiltrate a hotel in the Bolivian desert where Greene is meeting Medrano.
Set in Perla de las Dunas hotel — A fictional eco-hotel in the Bolivian desert where Greene and General Medrano meet to finalise their deal.
The ESO Hotel at Paranal houses astronomers working at the observatory.
Filmed at ESO Hotel, Paranal Observatory, Chile — Twelve days of filming in Chile began on 24 March around Antofagasta and Paranal; the ESO Hotel plays the fictional Perla de las Dunas. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- James Bond — MI6 agent who goes after the organisation behind White.
- Camille Montes — A woman after Medrano, linked to Greene.
- Dominic Greene — Environmentalist entrepreneur tied to Quantum.
- René Mathis — Bond's old ally who helps him identify Quantum members.
- M — Head of MI6, who questions White.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the opening Italian chase in Quantum of Solace really filmed?
- Quantum of Solace's Bolivia: where was it filmed?