A broken heart walks into a café and finds the sea.
Following a heartbreak, Aimée, a young girl is taken in by the owners of a café for whom she starts working, and falls in love with René, a sailor who gave her a taste for life.
Acting
Line Viala's luminous, unhurried transformation.
Direction
Choux crafts intimacy from ordinary gestures.
Director
Jean Choux
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jean Choux was known for 'poetic realism' films that influenced later French New Wave directors.
Released during the Phoney War, its quiet optimism masked national anxiety — sailors as symbols of uncertain return.
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