Most of Mr. Bean’s Holiday takes place in France.
The film begins in England, where Mr. Bean wins a holiday trip and a video camera. He then travels to France, where a series of misunderstandings separates a young boy from his father and sends Bean across the country. The French setting supplies the movie’s travel structure and many of its language-based comic situations.
Bean visits recognizable French locations and eventually becomes involved with the Cannes Film Festival. The journey combines trains, roads, beaches and filmmaking events, allowing the character’s physical comedy to move beyond his usual neighborhood setting.
France is sometimes confused with the film’s final destination in festival-related questions. Cannes is a city in France, while the country is the broader setting. The movie’s title refers to Bean’s holiday, not to a holiday spent in several equally featured countries.