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Where was On the Road filmed?

2012 film, directed by Walter Salles and Sam Riley.

  • San Francisco

The story is set in Montreal, about 2,537 miles (4,083 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Montreal
Filmed in
San Francisco
Distance
About 2,537 miles (4,083 km) between Montreal and the nearest filming location.
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About On the Road

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Released
2012
Directors
Walter SallesSam Riley
Cast
Sam RileyGarrett HedlundKristen StewartAmy AdamsTom SturridgeAlice BragaElisabeth MossKirsten DunstViggo MortensenSteve Buscemi
Genre
RoadAdventureDramaLgbtq-related
Based on
On the Road

In 1947 New York, on the day his father is buried, Sal Paradise is out with his friend Carlo Marx who is, like him, an aspiring writer.

There, Sal meets Camille, an art college student for whom Dean is divorcing Marylou.

Sal and Terry have a brief affair before Sal, realizing he isn't made to work in the fields, heads back home.

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