The Beach (1954)

Original title

La spiaggia

Directed by

Alberto Lattuada

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman vacationing at a beach resort gets caught up in romantic entanglements and social tensions. The story follows her interactions with other guests and locals, leading to unexpected consequences.

light-heartedromanticbittersweetleisurelymoodymelancholicsun-drenched

What happens

The Beach (Italian: La spiaggia) also internationally released as Riviera and The Boarder) is a 1954 French-Italian comedy drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring Martine Carol, Raf Vallone and Mario Carotenuto. In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dario Cecchi. It was shot at the Titanus Studios in Rome and on location around Savona in Liguria. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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