Film

The Black Beach

2001 · 1h 53m · Drama

IMDb

4.9

An exhausted militant wants to take a break from the incessant frenzy surrounding him. His country’s dictatorship is on its last legs and chaos reigns. His wife Sylvie leaves their country for France. She writes about the new democracy struggling to be born back home. His daughter Joyce must hide out in the deserted childhood home in the solitude and infinity of the Black Beach. Several adversaries – the militia of a hazy regime in his native land and the Paris police – wage a strange game of chess in which he is the pawn. Threats abound and he’s haunted by his past, his fears, dead friends. He has three allies: his wife, his daughter, and an old girlfriend from his fighting days.

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

A.

Dominique Blanc

Sylvie

Jade Fortineau

Joyce

Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska

Emma

Ignacy Gogolewski

Sider

Roger Jendly

Gilles

Armen Godel

Communication manager

Jacek Borkowski

Teacher

Nathalie Eno

The Shökor woman

• Michel PiccoliDirector · Writer
• Ludivine ClercWriter
• Paulo BrancoExecutive Producer
• Sabine LancelinDirector of Photography
• Catherine QuesemandEditor

Release date

April 8, 2001

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Drama