Une si jolie petite plage

Summary

Crime film about a man on the run who goes to ground in a small French coastal town.

Pierre rents a room in a small hotel on the coast. He has been on the run since he killed his adulterous wife in a fit of jealousy five years earlier. His hide-out has been discovered by an acquaintance from Paris who reports him to the police. A number of people are willing to help him to escape but Pierre commits suicide.

Une si jolie petite plage is a French-Dutch co-production. The film was originally going to be shot in the Netherlands but as the Dutch studios weren’t ready in time the production was moved to a French studio. The location shots were made in Cherbourg.

The Dutch production company Dutch European was made up of distribution companies Filmverhuur ‘Nederland’ and Filmex.