Along the Coast (1958)

Along the Coast

1958

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Agnès Varda

Cast

Anne Ollivier as Narrator (voice)

Brigitte Bardot as Self (archive footage)

Jacopo Nizi as Souffleur (voice)

Roger Coggio as Narrator (voice)

Sophia Loren as Self (archive footage)

Crew

Michel Mitrani (Assistant Director)

Jerome Rousselot (Assistant Director Trainee)