Along the Coast
MovieTitle | Du côté de la côte |
User score | 7.5 |
Release date | Nov 1, 1958 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Agnès Varda |
Production country | France |
Production companies | Argos Films |
Run time | 26 min. |
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.