Ah, fair Biarritz, I had such high hopes. It all began back in 1986 when I saw my first (and favourite) Rohmer, Le Rayon Vert. With that Director’s impeccable sense of setting and place, he staged the denouement of Delphine’s peregrinations down in this southwest corner of La Belle France. He really only showed the spectacular beachscapes of the town. There may have been a good reason for this. For to put it kindly, the town itself, with that ritzy name, suggestive of something rather special in the abstract, I’m sorry to report is an apartment-blocky, sprawling, soulless mess of a place tacked on to a world-class beach. Luckily, Rohmer moved 15 miles down the road to stage the climax of his masterpiece (one of about 20, btw) in the infinitely more charming and quite lovely town of St-Jean-de-Luz. He also happened to stage there, on the hill at the end of the promenade, in my opinion, the most heart-warming, glorious, beautiful end to a film I have ever seen. (Trust me, if you have suffered with Delphine through the previous 90 minutes you’ll get what I mean.) Biarritz though? See beach and escape.
Sur la carte postale une ville superbe et paradisiaque. En réalité une cité hors de prix, étouffée par le tourisme de masse et bien loin de l'image authentique du pays basque
Si je ne peux plus commenter sur le site Bien dans ma ville, je commente sur RU-vid alors! Le Pays Basque j'aime bien aussi! À l'exception! Je ne suis pas si chauvin que ça!
00:00 Biarritz 00:12 Grande Plage / Big Beach 00:24 Plage de la Cote des Basques / Coast of the Basque Beach 00:33 Casino Barriere 00:42 Hotel du Palais 00:50 Villa Belza / Black House 01:22 Plage du Port Vieux / Old Port Beach 01:30 Phare / Lighthouse 01:46 Rocher de la Vierge / Virgin Mary Rock 02:02 Eglise Sainte-Eugenie / Sainte-Eugenie Church 02:20 Port des Pecheurs / Fishermen Port 02:28 Roche Ronde 02:34 Musee de la Mer / Sea Museum
