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. In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.
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."
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
Bibliography
Bayman, Louis. Directory of World Cinema: Italy. Intellect Books, 2011.