L’Hôtel de la plage (1978) - film review

A group of tourists arrive in Brittany for their annual summer holiday at the Hôtel de la plage.  Everyone – infants, teenagers, husbands and wives, even those who are obviously past it – has just one thing on his or her mind: sex...

Michel Lang directed this light-hearted but otherwise inconsequential sex comedy which pokes fun at the French on holiday.  It’s low key, fairly predictable fare, with some obvious jokes and more than a few moments of tedium.  However, it has certain charm, particularly in the way it compares the amorous adventures of different generations, and there are several memorable scenes which succeed in mixing farce and bitter-sweet depictions of those short-lived romances of youth.

© James Travers 2006

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