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Une si Jolie Petite Plage (Riptide) (1949) Yves Allegret; Gerard Philipe
Une si Jolie Petite Plage (Riptide) (1949) Yves Allegret; Gerard Philipe
 
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In French with English subtitles.

Some film historians regard Yves Allégret's Une si Jolie Petite Plage (aka Such a Pretty Little Beach and Riptide) as the French director's finest work. Yet, it was twice ignored by American filmgoers when it was released in the U.S. in February and July of 1949. Perhaps those filmgoers weren't prepared for Allégret's merciless, almost sadistic assault on audience sensibilities. Gérard Philipe plays Pierre, who escapes to a coastal village in Northern France after accidentally killing a famous singer. Pierre had grown up in the village and had hoped to find inner peace by returning to his roots. Instead, the grotesque pettiness of the local townsfolk, the duplicity of friends and "loved ones," and the relentlessly rotten weather conjoin to drive Pierre to desperation.

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  1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 
4 of 5 Very atmospheric October 31, 2022
Reviewer: Hugh Williamson from Toronto, ON Canada  
Very atmospheric somewhat noirish film. A man arrives in a small village harbouring a secret.
Good cast/acting.

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5 of 5 Moody Film Noir August 13, 2021
Reviewer: Gerard Launay from Sebastopol, CA United States  
Superb film with rain and cold that recreates the
feelings of a young man who has come to an inn of his past to consider suicide.  This is one of Gerard Philipe's best roles

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4 of 5 une si jolie petite plage April 30, 2015
Reviewer: peter poles from downsview, ON Canada  
Exquisitely painful poetic realism. One of the best French noirs. Gerard Philipe, Jean Servais and Madeleine Robinson are superb.

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