The Mother starring Jennifer Lopez is finally streaming on Netflix, and where was The Mother filmed by everyone who watched the action movie everyone should watch? The Mother shooting locations are curious. Directed by Niki Caro, comes a movie about a talented female assassin who is forced to come out of hiding when her daughter, whom she lost at birth years ago, is kidnapped by cold-blooded criminals from her past.
Jennifer Lopez plays the main character, The Mother, while up-and-coming actress Lucy Paez plays The Mother's daughter, Zoe. Omari Hardwick, Joseph Fiennes, Gael García Bernal and Paul Raci also star in the film.
The film takes place in a variety of settings, two of which are Cuba and Alaska. But was the movie actually filmed in these places? Here's what we know.
The Mother filming locations
Production started in October 2021 and ended in March 2022. Although The Mother is primarily set in Alaska and Cuba, the movie was not actually shot in those locations. Instead, principal photography was mostly shot in Canada and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.
Here are some of the locations where scenes were filmed in Vancouver via DH News:
- Victory Square – a park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Easy Park Parkade is in downtown Vancouver near Victory Square
- Beatty Street in downtown Vancouver
Scenes were also shot at Sqéwqel Gas Bar, aka Seabird Island Gas Bar, Fraser Valley, Smithers and Darrell Bay in Canada. The scene where the mother buys snacks from a gas station to give to Zoe before leaving her with Cruise was filmed at the Seabird Island Gas Bar in Agassiz, British Columbia. The scene where the mother gets on a motorcycle with Zoe after rescuing her from Adrian and his men was filmed in the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada. Finally, the Alaska scenes were shot in Smithers, British Columbia.
The Cuban scenes were shot on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, specifically in the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
You can see some of the filming locations in the official trailer. Check below.
The mother Currently only streaming on Netflix.