Along the Coast (1958)

  • NR
  • 11/01/1958 (FR)
  • Documentary
  • 26m

A humorous travelogue of the French Riviera.

Overview

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.

Agnès Varda

Writer, Director

Cast

Roger Coggio's headshot

Roger Coggio

Narrator (voice)
Anne Ollivier's headshot

Anne Ollivier

Narrator (voice)
Jacopo Nizi's headshot

Jacopo Nizi

Souffleur (voice)
Brigitte Bardot's headshot

Brigitte Bardot

Self (archive footage)
Sophia Loren's headshot

Sophia Loren

Self (archive footage)

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