Along the Coast

Along the Coast

26 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1958

Tongue-in-cheek look at the French Riviera, especially in summer when it overflows with tourists. Reviews its history and famous visitors; displays its faux-exotic buildings, its crowded beaches, its trees and monuments; and, pokes fun at the colors women wear and the vagaries of fashion. The film celebrates the use of "Eden" as a place name, suggesting that paradise comes to the coast after all are gone, perhaps only on a remote island beach.

Along the Coast

26 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1958

Along the Coast
Tongue-in-cheek look at the French Riviera, especially in summer when it overflows with tourists. Reviews its history and famous visitors; displays its faux-exotic buildings, its crowded beaches, its trees and monuments; and, pokes fun at the colors women wear and the vagaries of fashion. The film celebrates the use of "Eden" as a place name, suggesting that paradise comes to the coast after all are gone, perhaps only on a remote island beach.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Argos Films
Original title Du côté de la côte
Directors Jerome Rousselot, Michel Mitrani, Yves Coppens, Agnès Varda
Writers Agnès Varda

Cast

Roger Coggio

as Narrator (voice)

Anne Ollivier

as Narrator (voice)

Jacopo Nizi

as Souffleur (voice)

Brigitte Bardot

as Herself (footage)

Sophia Loren

as Herself (footage)