A Day at the Beach (1970)
- Directed by
- Simon Hesera
- Genre
- drama film, comedy drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 4.8 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man takes his young niece on a trip to the beach. The outing becomes increasingly tense and strange as the day goes on.
melancholicslow-burnbleakunsettlingintrospectivesomberunderstateddarkly comic
What happens
A Day at the Beach is a 1970 British film directed by Simon Hesera, in his directorial debut, and produced by Gene Gutowski. The film is based on the 1962 book Een dagje naar het strand (translation: A Day at the Beach), by Dutch author Heere Heeresma. The film stars Mark Burns, Beatie Edney, Maurice Roëves, Jack MacGowran, Eva Dahlbeck, Graham Stark, Fiona Lewis and Peter Sellers. The screenplay was written by Roman Polanski, who was originally intended to be the director, but instead, he recommended Hesera for the job. In August 1969, Polanski withdrew from any further involvement with the project after the murder of his wife, Sharon Tate in California. The film premiered on 6 May 1970 at the Cannes Film Festival. After a disappointing screening at Cannes, the film was thought to have been lost, with no known release to theaters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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