''Côte d'Azur'' is a 1932 French comedy film directed by

Roger Capellani Roger Capellani (31 January 1905 – 30 May 1940) was a French film director, the son of film director and screenwriter Albert Capellani and the nephew of the actor Paul Capellani. He shot French versions of foreign films for the studios of the ...

and starring Simone Héliard, Robert Burnier and Robert Arnoux.Crisp p.391 It was produced by the French subsidiary of

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...

at the company's Joinville Studios in Paris.

Synopsis

Hélène is a telephone operator who is in love with her boss, who unfortunately never looks at her. During a trip to the

Côte d'Azur The French Riviera (known in French as the ; oc, Còsta d'Azur ; literal translation " Azure Coast") is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France. There is no official boundary, but it is usually considered to extend fro ...

however, she makes her fall in love with him.

Cast

* Simone Héliard as Hélène * Robert Burnier as Léon Brodier *

Yvonne Hébert Yvonne is a female given name. It is the feminine form of Yvon, which is derived from the French name Yves and Yvette. It is from the French word ''iv'', meaning "yew" (or tree). Since yew wood was used for bows, Ivo may have been an occupatio ...

as Suzanne * Robert Arnoux as Anselme Duval * Marcel Vallée as Albert Renoux * Pierre Palau as Fondoy * Paul Clerget as Cazin * Ketti Gallian as Yvonne Casin *

Sam Pierce Samuel Riley Pierce Jr. (September 8, 1922 – October 31, 2000) was an American attorney and politician who served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from January 23, 1981 until January 20, 1989, during the administration of Ronald R ...

as Barman *

Pierre Sergeol Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

as Antonio

References

Bibliography

*Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934''. Pygmalion, 1988. * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1932 films French comedy films 1932 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Roger Capellani French black-and-white films 1930s French films Films shot at Joinville Studios Paramount Pictures films Films set in Paris Films set on the French Riviera {{1930s-France-film-stub