Poster for the movie Along the Coast

Along the Coast

1958 • 26 minutes
Documentary

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.

Picture of Roger Coggio

Roger Coggio

Narrator (voice)

Picture of Anne Ollivier

Anne Ollivier

Narrator (voice)

Picture of Jacopo Nizi

Jacopo Nizi

Souffleur (voice)

Picture of Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot

Self (archive footage)

Picture of Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren

Self (archive footage)