Reportage in Deauville, a fashionable holiday resort, children are on the beach, personalities walk on boards or go to races at the racecourse: we see the painter Kees Van DONGEN, Marcel BOUSSAC, Guy DE ROTHSCHILD, Sacha GUITRY, Suzy VOLTERRA,
Queen Elizabeth II arrived this afternoon in Deauville on a private tour. During her stay, the horse-loving monarch planned to visit six stud farms including the Quesnay stud farm owned by the Head family. Comment on images of his arrival at Deauville airport.
Viisite of the hotel Le Royal in Deauville, where all the wishes of the stars are fulfilled. Interview with Pascal BRUN, General Manager of the hotel, and Pascal CORON, Restaurant Director of the hotel, who evokes some whims by keeping the names of the stars concerned quiet.
Silent document showing the atmosphere in Deauville, on the boards and on the beach, at Pentecost. Focus on a young couple photographed by a filmmaker.
Jack NICHOLSON asks the questions and makes the answers , in general enthusiasm, about his film "en route Sud" ... "why did you make this film?" " for love and money" "would you rather be a director or an actor?" " I like to be both" ..."one can express oneself better as a director"; more classic interview: "how was Jack Nicholson actor in front of Jack Nicholson director?" " Well, it makes communication easier..." "I didn’t really want to do it, but now that I did, I find it rather amusing...." " If Nicholson hadn’t been in the movie, I don’t think I could have made the movie..."
On the beach of Deauville, Claude LELOUCH, president of the American film festival, says that at the age of 13, he lived a love story in this city. He explains that thirteen years later, when he made scoutings to shoot the film "A Man, a Woman", He realizes that the city and this story have left traces.
Interview with the artist FOUJITA who returns to the craze, the success he experienced in the 1920s. He evokes the personalities he met at that time. His interview is illustrated with photos, works of art and images of the bicycle artist in Deauville,
Report of the first American film festival in Deauville which allowed to present during the whole week about fifty films from all the horizons of the United States. Succession of interviews with Jacques DEMY, Marlène JOBERT and Jean-Claude BRIALY.
A tribute was paid to Morgan FREEMAN at the Deauville American Film Festival. Excerpt from Philippe ROUYER’s dictionary (film review "Positif"), and interview on the red carpet of the American star (deadpan and charmeuse): "No, I don’t like Deauville" (humor).