The Beach (Italian: La spiaggia) also internationally released as Riviera and The Boarder) is a 1954 French-Italian comedy drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring Martine Carol, Raf Vallone and Mario Carotenuto.[1][2] In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.[3][4]
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Directed by | Alberto Lattuada |
Written by | Luigi Malerba Rodolfo Sonego Charles Spaak Alberto Lattuada |
Starring | Martine Carol Raf Vallone Mario Carotenuto |
Cinematography | Mario Craveri |
Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
Music by | Piero Piccioni |
Production companies | Titanus Film Gamma Film |
Distributed by | Titanus Film |
Release date | 25 February 1954 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
Countries | France Italy |
Language | Italian |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Dario Cecchi. It was shot at the Titanus Studios in Rome and on location around Savona in Liguria.
At a luxury resort on the Italian coast, a prostitute takes her young daughter for a vacation but tries to conceal her true profession from her fellow guests. She is courted by the local mayor, before her past is exposed to the gossipy society of the resort.
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