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Movie Info

This French drama depicts the lives of people who reside all year 'round in a small coastal town. Rose (Bulle Ogier) is a retired factory worker who spends much of her time at the nearby casino, and her son, Paul (Jonathan Zaccaï), is a lifeguard on the beach. Meanwhile Paul's girlfriend, Marie (Hélène Fillières), works at the same factory that employed his mother, reflecting the town's tininess. As the seasons pass, Rosie, Paul, Marie and other locals go through various changes.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

French (Canada)
Director:

Julie Lopes-Curval
Producer:

Alain Benguigui
Writer:

Julie Lopes-Curval, François Favrat
Release Date (Theaters):

Aug 6, 2003 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Jul 20, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA):

$14.8K
Runtime:

1h 30m
Production Co:

Miramax

Cast & Crew

Jonathan Zaccaï
Paul

Bulle Ogier
Rose

Ludmila Mikaël
Anne

Liliane Rovère
Odette

Hélène Fillières
Marie

Patrick Lizana
Albert

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Critic Reviews for Seaside

All Critics (16) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (4)

The film's simple beauty lies in the way that Lopes-Curval effortlessly equates life to a passing season.

January 1, 2004 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Ed Gonzalez
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Along with Ms. Ogier, these four actresses [Fillires, Lizana, Mkal, Rovre] are the best reasons to see Seaside.

August 15, 2003 | Full Review…

Andrew Sarris
Observer
Effective, if less than urgent.

August 6, 2003 | Rating: 2.5/4

John Anderson
Newsday
Touching, amusing, sometimes compelling, Seaside is ultimately little more revealing than a weekend visit. It's a sheaf of captivating postcards.

August 6, 2003

Bob Campbell
Newark Star-Ledger
[Lopes-Curval's] achievement is so particularly -- and peculiarly -- realized, evoking the enforced parameters and rhythms of small-town life, that the movie itself begins to feels restrictive.

August 6, 2003 | Rating: 2/5

Elvis Mitchell
New York Times
The story is familiar and the direction doesn't break any new ground. Still, Lopes-Curval's excellent ensemble cast makes Seaside pleasurable viewing.

August 6, 2003 | Rating: 2.5/4

V.A. Musetto
New York Post
A poignant and often charming but always understated look at drifting lives.

February 11, 2005 | Rating: 3/4

Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Poles-Curval balances the banal with the sublime in this simply remarkable and very French film.

June 25, 2004 | Full Review…

Les Wright
culturevulture.net
If you were lolling on the beach, casting your eyes at the scantily clad folks around you and overhearing bits of their conversations, it would be akin to the experience of watching Seaside.

January 2, 2004 | Rating: 3/4

Chris Hewitt
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Stifled passion isn't necessarily engaging, and by focusing on too many characters, it's tough to care about all of these drifting souls.

August 15, 2003 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

E! Online
Rarely does a filmmaker emerge so wholly formed, creating a miniature masterpiece first time out.

August 9, 2003 | Full Review…

Rex Roberts
Film Journal International
Writer-director Julie Lopes-Curval's film is commendable for its resolute honesty in depicting unabating starkness in both scenery and existence, but cinematically galvanizing it's not.

August 8, 2003 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Christine James
Boxoffice Magazine

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Audience Reviews for Seaside

Jun 17, 2015

"Seaside" gets one thing perfectly right. Namely, what it is like to live in a small, provincial resort village all year round, as it follows a group of characters trapped by one circumstance or another. The bad news is none of the characters are well-defined enough to care about or to even be of much interest.(One of them might have a gambling problem. I think.) All of which significantly lessens any impact this movie might otherwise have had.

Walter M Super Reviewer