The Beach (1954 film)

The Beach
The Beach
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 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]

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. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."^[5]

Plot

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.

Cast

Martine Carol as Anna Maria Mentorsi
Raf Vallone as Silvio, il sindaco di Pontorno
Mario Carotenuto as Carlo Albertocchi
Carlo Romano as Luigi
Clelia Matania as la signora Albertocchi
Carlo Bianco as Chiastrino, il milionario
Nico Pepe as ex-fumatore magro
Mara Berni as la signora Marini
Valeria Moriconi as Gughi, l'esistenzialista
Marcella Rovena as Luigina, moglie di Roberto
Rosy Mazzacurati as la signora snob
Marco Ferreri as ex-fumatore grasso
Ennio Girolami as Riccardo

References

^ Callisto Cosulich (1985). I Film di Alberto Lattuada. Gremese Editore, 1985. ISBN 8876051872.
^ Adriano Aprà (2009). Alberto Lattuada: il cinema e i film. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN 978-8831797771.
^ Massimo Borriello (4 March 2008). "Cento film e un'Italia da non dimenticare". Movieplayer. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare". Corriere della Sera. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-03-11.

Bibliography

Bayman, Louis. Directory of World Cinema: Italy. Intellect Books, 2011.

External links

The Beach at IMDb

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[1] Callisto Cosulich (1985). I Film di Alberto Lattuada. Gremese Editore, 1985. ISBN 8876051872.

[2] Adriano Aprà (2009). Alberto Lattuada: il cinema e i film. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN 978-8831797771.

[3] Massimo Borriello (4 March 2008). "Cento film e un'Italia da non dimenticare". Movieplayer. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

[4] "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare". Corriere della Sera. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

[5] "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-03-11.

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