An aged American war hero has returned to France, the country he helped to liberate from the Nazis. Now a quiet and well-respected citizen, he seems bound for a peaceful and dignified end. However, the old man suddenly disappears from his home. A short time later, his uniformed corpse is discovered, tied to a stake...
"Le mort de la plage" is a pretty average movie, neither superb nor awful. The premise shows great promise, but that promise mainly fails to materialise. In other, more capable hands the blood-drenched subject matter could have turned into a truly chilling or saddening modern tragedy, but sadly this is not the case. The writing too leaves something to be desired. For instance, there's a plot line about a stolen abbey treasure that peters out in an unsatisfactory manner. Come on, people, it can't be all that hard to think up an interesting tale about a king's ransom in stolen treasure...
The acting isn't anything to write home about, but the sets and scenery are nice enough.
"Le mort de la plage" is a pretty average movie, neither superb nor awful. The premise shows great promise, but that promise mainly fails to materialise. In other, more capable hands the blood-drenched subject matter could have turned into a truly chilling or saddening modern tragedy, but sadly this is not the case. The writing too leaves something to be desired. For instance, there's a plot line about a stolen abbey treasure that peters out in an unsatisfactory manner. Come on, people, it can't be all that hard to think up an interesting tale about a king's ransom in stolen treasure...
The acting isn't anything to write home about, but the sets and scenery are nice enough.
