<P> Nickie Ferrante ( Cary Grant ) , a well - known playboy , meets Terry McKay ( Deborah Kerr ) aboard the transatlantic ocean liner SS Constitution en route from Europe to New York . Each is involved with someone else . After a series of meetings aboard the ship , they establish a friendship . When Terry joins Nickie on a brief visit to Janou , his grandmother , when the ship anchors near her home at Villefranche - sur - Mer on the Mediterranean coast , she sees Nickie with new eyes and their feelings become deeper . During their visit , Janou tells Terry that Nickie is a talented painter but destroys most of his paintings because they do n't meet his standards . As the ship returns to New York City , they agree to reunite at the top of the Empire State Building in six months ' time if they have succeeded in ending their relationships and starting new careers . </P>
<P> Nickie Ferrante ( Cary Grant ) , a well - known playboy , meets Terry McKay ( Deborah Kerr ) aboard the transatlantic ocean liner SS Constitution en route from Europe to New York . Each is involved with someone else . After a series of meetings aboard the ship , they establish a friendship . When Terry joins Nickie on a brief visit to Janou , his grandmother , when the ship anchors near her home at Villefranche - sur - Mer on the Mediterranean coast , she sees Nickie with new eyes and their feelings become deeper . During their visit , Janou tells Terry that Nickie is a talented painter but destroys most of his paintings because they do n't meet his standards . As the ship returns to New York City , they agree to reunite at the top of the Empire State Building in six months ' time if they have succeeded in ending their relationships and starting new careers . </P>
where did the grandmother live in an affair to remember
where did the grandmother live in an affair to remember
Villefranche - sur - Mer
Villefranche - sur - Mer