Directed by:
Christopher FrankScreenplay:
Christopher FrankCinematography:
Renato BertaCast:
Bernard Giraudeau, Valérie Kaprisky, Caroline Cellier, Jacques Perrin, Béatrice Agenin, Emmanuelle Seigner, Charlotte Kady, Pierre Vaneck, Philippe Lemaire (more)Plots(1)
Where but on the French Riviera could the concept of mother-daughter toplessness be greeted with such heavenly nonchalance? This film by director Christopher Frank is about a beautiful, voluptuous teen-ager and mother who vacation together in an atmosphere of utterly casual exhibitionism. The beach is glamorous, the clientele well heeled, and no one spends a nickel on swimwear. So the women are forever rolling things down or peeling things off, and the men never bat an eye. The movie focuses on the erotic rivalry between Chris (Valérie Kaprisky) and her mother Claude (Caroline Cellier). Claude is having an affair with the rakish and shrewd Romain (Bernard Giraudeau), who specializes in luring topless bathers to his boat and then lending them to his friends. Chris develops a crush on Romain, but he is not interested in her. This infuriates Chris who can't understand how any man could resist her young perfect body. She reacts by experimenting in a number of risqué affairs. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Bernard Giraudeau
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
The Specialists (1985)
Revolver (1973)
Valérie Kaprisky
France
Best movies:
Stradivari (1988)
The Public Woman (1984)
Dis-moi oui... (1995)
Caroline Cellier
France
Best movies:
This Man Must Die (1969)
Farinelli (1994)
Life Love Death (1969)
Jacques Perrin
France
Best movies:
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
The Chorus (2004)
State of Siege (1972)
Béatrice Agenin
France
Best movies:
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988)
Champagne Charlie (1989) (TV movie)
The Seventh Target (1984)
Emmanuelle Seigner
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Bitter Moon (1992)
La Vie en rose (2007)
Charlotte Kady
France
Best movies:
Life and Nothing But (1989)
Daddy Nostalgie (1990)
Fantôme avec chauffeur (1996)
Pierre Vaneck
Best movies:
East Wind (1993)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
The Science of Sleep (2006)
Philippe Lemaire
France
Best movies:
Germinal (1963)
Cartouche (1962)
We Will All Go to Monte Carlo (1951)
David Jalil
Best movies:
Lady of the Camelias (1981)
The Police War (1979)
Frantic (1988)
Barbara Nielsen
Netherlands
Best movies:
Slices of Life (1985)
Didi - Der Doppelgänger (1984)
The Year of the Jellyfish (1984)