Along the Coast

A humorous travelogue of the French Riviera.

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.

• Release date
• November 1, 1958
• Runtime
• 26 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Agnès Varda

Cast

Roger Coggio Narrator (voice)

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Anne Ollivier Narrator (voice)

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Jacopo Nizi Souffleur (voice) Brigitte Bardot Self (archive footage) Sophia Loren Self (archive footage)