Blue Helmet

Casque Bleu

Poster for French movie, Casque Bleu.
A dark blue sea dotted with limestone islets and rocks.

In an attempt to gain his wife’s forgiveness after he had an affair, French winegrower Patrick (Gérard Jugnot) takes her back to the small Mediterranean island where they had spent their honeymoon, some 13 years previously. Unfortunately, the country is now on the eve of civil war.

Released


1994

Directed


Gérard Jugnot

Starring

Gérard Jugnot
Victoria Abril
Valérie Lemercier

The main setting for Casque Bleu is the now-closed Comino Hotel, more accurately the Comino Hotel Bungalows, which can be found in San Niklaw Bay. The main hotel was in Santa Marija Bay. Built in the 1960s by controversial British businessman John Gaul, the complex closed in either 2019 or 2022 (sources vary). There are plans for the hotel and bungalows to be demolished and replaced by Six Senses Comino, which is due to open in 2027.

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