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Bonjour tristesse
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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Françoise Sagan (novel)
Arthur Laurents (screenplay)
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Release Date:
April 1958 (USA) more
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Plot:
Cecile, decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father Raymond. When Anne, Raymond's old love interest... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Deborah Kerr ... Anne Larson

David Niven ... Raymond

Jean Seberg ... Cecile - Raymond's daughter
Mylène Demongeot ... Elsa
Geoffrey Horne ... Philippe
Juliette Gréco ... Herself as a night club singer.
Walter Chiari ... Pablo
Martita Hunt ... Philippe's Mother
Roland Culver ... Mr. Lombard
Jean Kent ... Mrs. Helen Lombard
David Oxley ... Jacques
Elga Andersen ... Denise
Jeremy Burnham ... Hubert
Eveline Eyfel ... Maid
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:94 min | Argentina:94 min
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Black and White | Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Preminger always liked this film, although he felt the American critics did not do it justice. The film was a qualified success in France, yet American critics felt the film wasn't French enough, a detail that amused Preminger. more
Quotes:
Cecile: It's getting out of control. I just wish I were a lot older or a lot younger. more
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22 out of 30 people found the following comment useful.
a reflection on Seberg, 14 February 2001
Author: Fiona-39 from Belfast, N.I



This is an absorbing, intriguing and slightly bizarre film. I agree with the other comments here - the camera work is beautiful, the Riviera looks fab, Seberg is startling, and David Niven (how come no-one's mentioned his performance yet?) is a particularly slimy, lecherous old man. Seberg really does deliver an excellent performance. She's a fascinating person anyway, and here her ambiguity, her modernity, her beauty and her youth all come into their own. And the title song's fab too! Well worth a watch, if only to revel in the stunning scenery and Seberg's haunting screen presence.

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