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Anne Brochet’s Une Cabine à Soi Opens France 3’s L’Heure D Season With Seaside Homage

The film blends personal memories with neighborhood tales in Cayeux-sur-Mer’s beach cabins to capture a fading communal summer culture.

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Overview

  • The documentary premiered July 9, 2025, at 23:25 on France 3 as the opening film in this year’s L’Heure D lineup.
  • Anne Brochet fulfills a 58-year dream by securing the last unoccupied beach cabin in Cayeux-sur-Mer.
  • Brochet dedicated the film to her father, whose death during post-production deepened its emotional resonance.
  • Une Cabine à soi is a hybrid documentary-comedy that interweaves Brochet’s family archive with intimate summer rituals and regional anecdotes.
  • The documentary highlights the traditional cabin naming system and examines the erosion of communal summer culture caused by growing privatization and renaming practices.