The Black Beach
2001, French. Directed by Michel Piccoli.
An exhausted militant wants to take a break from the incessant frenzy surrounding him. His country’s dictatorship is on its last legs and chaos reigns. His wife Sylvie leaves their country for France. She writes about the new democracy struggling to be born back home. His daughter Joyce must hide out in the deserted childhood home in the solitude and infinity of the Black Beach. Several adversaries – the militia of a hazy regime in his native land and the Paris police – wage a strange game of chess in which he is the pawn. Threats abound and he’s haunted by his past, his fears, dead friends. He has three allies: his wife, his daughter, and an old girlfriend from his fighting days.
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 8 April 2001
- Original title
- La Plage noire
- Country
- Poland, France, Switzerland
- Written by
- Ludivine Clerc, Michel Piccoli
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The Black Beach runs 113 minutes (1h 53m).
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The Black Beach isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 8 April 2001. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Black Beach?
The Black Beach (2001) was directed by Michel Piccoli and stars Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Dominique Blanc, Jade Fortineau.