Along the Coast ( 1958 )

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Roger Coggio

Narrator (voice)

Anne Ollivier

Narrator (voice)

Jacopo Nizi

Souffleur (voice)

Brigitte Bardot

Self (archive footage)

Sophia Loren

Self (archive footage)