Coeur-sur-Mer (1951)
Directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman

Comedy / Musical

Film Review

A hackneyed plot punctuated by musical numbers of the most dismal kind... There's not much to like about Coeur-sur-Mer, even though it boasts the comedic talents of some fine performers - Jean Tissier, Armand Bernard and Pauline Carton, to name just three. Directed with no real enthusiasm or flair by Jacques Daniel-Norman (the man who would later lend his support to Tino Rossi's most outrageous cinematic atrocity, Son dernier Noël), the film withers and dies even before it has reached the end of the first reel. Thereafter, it's about as stimulating as watching paint dry - endurable only for someone with an exceptionally high boredom threshold.

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Film Synopsis

Endive-Meunier, a successful silk dealer in Lyon, is carrying on an affair with his secretary which he is determined to keep from his wife. He accompanies his secretary to the seaside town of Coeur-sur-Mer where, to his surprise, he runs into Claudius Paquito, a former employee of his who now runs a bar. Claudius has every reason to bear a grudge against the silk trader, as he dismissed him for insolence...

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Film Credits

Director: Jacques Daniel-Norman
Script: Jacques Daniel-Norman, Marcel-Éric Grancher (novel), Jean-Charles Reynaud
Cinematographer: André Germain
Music: Louiguy
Cast: Armand Bernard (Modeste Cotivet), Pauline Carton (Apolline Meunier), Jacques Charon (Le prince de Synoire), André Claveau (Claudius Paquito), Daisy Daix (Lulu de Sainte-Cassette), Emile Duard (Le monsieur triste), Charlotte Ecard (Gertrude), Louis Florencie (Albert), Serge Grave (Un employé de soierie), Julien Maffre (Le garçon), Mona Monick (Monique Limoux), Fred Pasquali (Endive-Meunier), Edouard Rousseau (Un employé de soierie), Marcel Rozet (Un employé de soierie), Fernand Sardou (Titin), Jackie Sardou (La bonne de Lulu), Solange Sicard (Madame Bonlieu), Georgette Tissier (L'amie de l'Anglais), Jean Tissier (Palamède), Roger Balthys
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 105 min

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