Côte d'Azur (2005) Crustacés & coquillages (original title)

Directors:

Olivier Ducastel (co-director)
Jacques Martineau (co-director)

Writers:

Olivier Ducastel (written by) &
Jacques Martineau (written by)

Release Date:

30 March 2005 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Plot:

For summer vacation, Marc (Melki) and Béatrix (Tedeschi) take their two kids to the seaside house of Marc's youth, where their daughter takes up with a biker and their sons roams the beach with his best friend, who is in love with him. Things get steamier when Béatrix's lover Mathieu shows up, and Marc's old flame appears.

Plot Keywords:

Vacation | Summer | Summer Vacation | Friend | Old Flame

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi	...	Béatrix (as Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi)
Gilbert Melki	...	Marc
Jean-Marc Barr	...	Didier
Jacques Bonnaffé	...	Mathieu
Edouard Collin	...	Martin
Romain Torres	...	Charly
Sabrina Seyvecou	...	Laura
Yannick Baudin	...	Michaël
Julien Weber	...	Sylvain
Sébastien Cormier	...	Laura's New Friend
Marion Roux	...	Billiard Player

Directed by
Olivier Ducastel		(co-director)
Jacques Martineau		(co-director)

Writing credits
Olivier Ducastel		(written by) &
Jacques Martineau		(written by)

Produced by
Nicolas Blanc	....	producer
Robert Guédiguian	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Philippe Miller

Cinematography by
Matthieu Poirot-Delpech

Film Editing by
Dominique Galliéni

Casting by
Antoine Carrard

Production Design by
Lise Petermann

Costume Design by
Anne-Marie Giacalone

Makeup Department
Gill Robillard	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Penelope Bischoff	....	assistant production manager
Madjid Hamzaoui	....	unit production manager
Malek Hamzaoui	....	production manager
Yazid Hamzaoui	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Teddy Laroutis	....	assistant director
Sébastien Matuchet	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Olivier Dô Hùu	....	sound mixer
Christophe Gagnot	....	post-production sound
Laurent Lafran	....	sound
Valérie Meffre	....	sound editor
Jean-Pierre Milhau	....	boom operator

Visual Effects by
Bertrand Levallois	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Antoine Héberlé	....	associate director of photography
Philippe Leroy	....	electrician
Thierry Montendre	....	electrician
Eve Petermann	....	still photographer
Pierre Siedel	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Christine Szymkowiak	....	digital colorist

Music Department
Christophe Muller	....	musician: drums

Other crew
Sylvie Giron	....	choreographer
Stéphanie Lelong	....	titles
Olivier Marquezy	....	titles (as Olivier Marquézy)
Claudia Neubern	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Nicolas Brossette	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Agat Films & Cie
• Bac Films (co-production)
• Cofimage 16 (in association with)
• Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (support)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)

Distributors

• Bac Films (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Peccadillo Pictures (2005) (UK) (all media)
• 1More Film (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 791 Cine (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• First Distributors (2006) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• EuroVideo (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Four Films (2007) (Chile) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2007) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Strand Releasing (2005) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• Direct Son  sound equipment (as Son Direct)
• Eastman Kodak  film stock (as Kodak)
• Iris Camera  camera equipment (as Iris Caméra)
• Jackson  sound post-production (as Jacskon)
• Locaflash  electrical equipment
• Mikros Image  digital post-production
• Telegrip  machinery equipment (as Télégrip)

Also Known As:

"Crustacés & coquillages" - France (original title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | UK:15 (cinema release) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Hong Kong:III | Australia:M | UK:18 (DVD rating) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

La gare de La Redonne-Ensuès, Ensuès-la-Redonne, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Company:

Agat Films & Cie

Movie Connections:

Featured in Here's Looking at You, Boy (2007)

Soundtrack:

Chanson d'un jour de pluie

Enjoyable comedy

This film is about a family's summer holiday in the south of France turning into a series of shocks, when their secrets of their love lives are revealed.

"Mariscos Beach", as this film is called in Hong Kong, is a lighthearted and funny film. The plot needs no crude or gross jokes, it just makes people laugh by surprises. I find it funny when the parents behave more rebelliously than their teenage son! The drama side of the plot, which involves the family tension and the relationship between husband and wife is also engaging. "Mariscos Beach" is a film about acceptance, finding one's true self and loving each other despite differences. It made me smile from my heart.