Dominique, a law student at the Sorbonne, is engaged to a fellow classmate. Unfortunately, she's more attracted to his philandering Uncle Luc, who's married to the charming Francoise. Dominique and Luc begin a tawdry affair.
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| Rossano Brazzi | ... | Luc Ferrand | |
| Joan Fontaine | ... | Françoise Ferrand | |
| Bradford Dillman | ... | Bertrand Griot | |
| Christine Carère | ... | Dominique Vallon (as Christine Carere) | |
| Eduard Franz | ... | M. Vallon | |
| Katherine Locke | ... | Mme. Vallon | |
| Kathryn Givney | ... | Mme. Griot | |
| Steven Geray | ... | Denis | |
| Johnny Mathis | ... | Self | |
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Trude Wyler | ... | Mme. Denis |
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Sandy Livingston | ... | Catherine |
| Renate Hoy | ... | Mlle. Minot | |
| Muzaffer Tema | ... | Pierre | |
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Dominique, a law student at the Sorbonne, is engaged to a fellow classmate. Unfortunately, she's more attracted to his philandering Uncle Luc, who's married to the charming Francoise. Dominique and Luc begin a tawdry affair.
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summer vacation | french riviera | foreign language adaptation | based on novel | nightclub |Taglines:
A CERTAIN SMILE...That French girl's love-novel that shocked the world! See more »Genres:
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19 September 1958 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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Music by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Sung by Johnny Mathis
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It has some beautiful scenery, and a very hummable theme song, but other than that it's not very effective. Director Negulesco did much better with the studio-bound "Best of Everything." One doesn't really care about any of these self-involved people (well, maybe a little for the Joan Fontaine character). Zero chemistry between supposed lovers Brazzi and Carrere. For some much better film adaptations of Francoise Sagan novels, try Bonjour Tristesse and Aimez Vous Brahms (in which Yves Montand plays the same compulsive-womanizer type as Brazzi in "Smile," but somewhat more compellingly). I have to admit that Sagan's characters in general are pretty boring to me.