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

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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