Goodbye Again (1961)

In this adaptation of Françoise Sagan's best selling novel, Paula is a beautiful and highly successful 40-year-old businesswoman. She is deeply in love with Roger, her mature consort of ... See full summary »

Director:

Anatole Litvak

Writers:

Françoise Sagan (novel), Samuel A. Taylor (screenplay)

Stars:

Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ingrid Bergman	...	Paula Tessier
Yves Montand	...	Roger Demarest
Anthony Perkins	...	Philip Van der Besh
Jessie Royce Landis	...	Mrs. Van der Besh
Pierre Dux	...	Maître Fleury
Jocelyn Lane	...	First Maisie (as Jackie Lane)
Jean Clarke	...	Second Maisie
Michèle Mercier	...	Third Maisie (as Michele Mercier)
Alison Leggatt	...	Alice
Uta Taeger	...	Gaby
David Horne	...	Queen's Counsel
Peter Bull	...	Client
André Randall	...	Mr. Steiner (as Andre Randall)
Diahann Carroll	...	Night Club Singer

Storyline

In this adaptation of Françoise Sagan's best selling novel, Paula is a beautiful and highly successful 40-year-old businesswoman. She is deeply in love with Roger, her mature consort of five years. Roger is a very charming gallant who loves Paula but is too selfish to give up his freedom to be promiscuous. When Paula meets Phillip, the 24-year-old immature lawyer son of one of her rich clients, he falls hopelessly in love with the glamorous, sympathetic older woman and insists that the age difference will be no barrier to a romance. Paula resists the young man's persistent advances, but she finally succumbs when Roger initiates yet another affair with one of his young Maisies. An affair begins, and society does not approve.

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Plot Keywords:

businesswoman | unmarried woman | record player | woman living alone | listening to classical music | 

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Taglines:

This is how love is...and always will be...

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

France USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 1961 (Austria)

Also Known As:

Time on Her Hands

Filming Locations:

Studios de Boulogne-Billancourt/SFP - 2 Rue de Silly, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Argus Film, Mercury Productions (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Perkins and Jean-Pierre Cassel again appeared together in the same film, Murder on the Orient Express.

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Soundtracks

"Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto"
Written by Johannes Brahms

User Reviews

Fine Production

Francoise Sagan apparently wrote about people and personalities with whom she was familiar and had a talent for depicting them very well. It always seemed to be about upper class, shallow, and confused types, revolving on a no-win merry-go-round.

There are certainly are such people, and their relationships are as much worthy of consideration, empathy and sympathy as anyone's. The main trio in "Goodbye Again" are very much these prototypes: confused, bored and trapped. Is it any wonder they just can't seem to get their lives together?

For me, this is a sad film, given superlative treatment in all departments. Brahms' rich melodies are embroidered by George Auric's sensitive original score. Armond Thirard's black and white photography is beautifully atmospheric. Samuel Taylor's screenplay is true to Sagan's original novel, and Anatol Litvak's direction wraps everything up neatly.

The cast can't be bettered: the combined star-power trio of Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Perkins and Yves Montand is perfect, and these three bring great pathos to the proceedings. The level of significance of these characters may be rather inconsequential in the long run--but the emotions they themselves feel are genuine. This fine acting trio embodies these roles and the result is a most engrossing two hours.