Bonjour Tristesse (film)

Bonjour tristesse
Film poster, designed by Saul Bass
Directed by	Otto Preminger
Produced by	Otto Preminger
Written by	Arthur Laurents Françoise Sagan
Starring	Deborah Kerr David Niven Jean Seberg Mylène Demongeot Geoffrey Horne
Music by	Georges Auric
Cinematography	Georges Périnal
Editing by	Helga Cranston
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	17 March 1958 (US)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Bonjour Tristesse is a 1958 film directed and produced by Otto Preminger from a screenplay by Arthur Laurents based on the novel of the same title by Françoise Sagan. The film stars Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg, Mylène Demongeot and Geoffrey Horne, and features Juliette Gréco, Walter Chiari, Martita Hunt and Roland Culver. It was released by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

On the French Riviera, Cécile (Jean Seberg) is a decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father, Raymond (David Niven). Anne (Deborah Kerr), a mature and cultured friend of Raymond's late wife, arrives at Raymond's villa for a visit. Cécile is afraid that Anne will disrupt the undisciplined way of life that Cécile and her father have shared.

Despite his promises of fidelity to Anne, Raymond cannot give up his playboy life. Helped by Elsa (Mylène Demongeot), Raymond's young and flighty mistress, Cécile does her best to break up the relationship with Anne. The combination of the daughter's disdain and the father's rakishness drives Anne to suicide.

Cast

• Deborah Kerr as Anne Larsen
• David Niven as Raymond
• Jean Seberg as Cécile
• Mylène Demongeot as Elsa
• Geoffrey Horne as Philippe
• Juliette Gréco as Juliette Greco
• Walter Chiari as Pablo
• Martita Hunt as Philippe's Mother
• Roland Culver as Mr. Lombard
• Jean Kent as Mrs. Lombard
• David Oxley as Jacques
• Elga Andersen as Denise
• Jeremy Burnham as Hubert
• Eveline Eyfel as Maid

External links

• Bonjour tristesse at the Internet Movie Database