SUCH A PRETTY LITTLE BEACH
UNE SI JOLIE PETITE PLAGE
1949,
Pathe,
91 min,
France/Netherlands,
Dir: Yves Allégret
In endless rain on France’s Breton coast, Gérard Philipe gives his most unforgettable performance as a man on the run in Yves Allegret’s UNE SI JOLIE PETITE PLAGE. It’s surely one of the bleakest - and wettest - noirs of all time, with an unforgettable cast of cynical and compromised characters, with Madeleine Robinson as the only ray of light in Philipe’s desperate attempt to escape his plight.