Barneville-Carteret

Une si jolie petite plage

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.