As the Deauville American Film Festival Turns 50, Celebrity Hangout Ciro’s Gets a Makeover

As Deauville prepares to celebrate the 50th edition of the American Film Festival, it is sprucing up its famed boardwalk with the renovation of local institution Ciro’s, the seafood restaurant that has hosted everyone from Kristen Stewart to then-President Barack Obama. The French coastal resort has been a fashionable destination since the early 20th century, when Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel opened her first ready-to-wear store there, effectively launching modern sportswear. In the Roaring ’20s, the seafront became a gathering place for socialites, artists and celebrities. Painters like Kees Van Dongen and Foujita were the precursors of today’s influencers, invited by local hotels in a bid to attract publicity. Foujita made the gossip columns with stunts like arriving at the Bar du Soleil walking on his hands, while cabaret star Josephine Baker strutted the wooden planks with a cheetah on a leash. The town, two-and-a-half hours by train from Paris, has also been the backdrop of numerous movies, most famously Claude Lelouch’s 1966 classic “Un homme et une femme” (“A Man and a Woman”).“Until then, it had been a magnet for the social set, but the film ‘A Man and a Woman’ propelled Deauville into another dimension,” says Mayor Philippe Augier. “It gave the

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