 La Pausa is a large detached villa in Roquebrune @-@ Cap @-@ Martin , in the Alpes @-@ Maritimes department of France . It was designed and built by the French fashion designer Coco Chanel in the early 1930s , and owned by Chanel until 1953 . La Pausa was sold by Chanel to the Hungarian publisher Emery Reves . The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was a guest at La Pausa in 1954 .
In 1955 , La Pausa was sold to the American actor and film producer John Huston . Huston's wife, the French actress and film director, Anjelica H