A hurricane threatens in French filmmaker's story set in 'paradise' of Atlantic Beach
Young French filmmaker Alexandra Simpson grew up in Paris, but memories of little Atlantic Beach tucked up in the northeast corner of Florida were ...
Young French filmmaker Alexandra Simpson grew up in Paris, but memories of little Atlantic Beach tucked up in the northeast corner of Florida were hard for her to shake. 'It's always in the back of my head," she said. "Always. It's like haunting me in a way, honestly. It's like I dream about it. The smells, the sounds ..." The old shingled houses along Beach Avenue, the ocean, the bicyclists, the walkers, the skaters. Old people, young people. "Every time we came here it was like a paradise to us, me and my brother.