The flirtation with incest at the centre of this adaptation of Françoise Sagan's novel is tame by modern standards, but the evil scheming of Seberg as the daughter set on separating her father and his mistress is still forceful.
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
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Reviews Counted:4
Fresh:2
Rotten:2
Average Rating:4.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Set on the French Riviera, Otto Preminger's film concerns a wealthy Frenchman (David Niven) who openly cavorts with his mistress, under the watchful eye of his 17-year-old daughter, Cecile. Cecile... Set on the French Riviera, Otto Preminger's film concerns a wealthy Frenchman (David Niven) who openly cavorts with his mistress, under the watchful eye of his 17-year-old daughter, Cecile. Cecile embarks on her own steamy summertime affair with a boy named Phillipe (Geoffrey Horne). But when Cecile's straight-laced godmother, Anne (Deborah Kerr), expresses disapproval toward the girl's fling with Phillipe, Cecile devises a scheme to drive her godmother away--which causes a tragic turn of events. Based on the novel by Francoise Sagan. [More]
Starring: David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Jean Seberg, Geoffrey Horne
Starring: David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Jean Seberg, Geoffrey Horne, Mylene Demongeot, Juliette Greco, Martita Hunt, Walter Chiari, Jean Kent, Roland Culver
Director: Otto Preminger
Director: Otto Preminger
Composer: Georges Auric
Producer: Otto Preminger
Reviews for Bonjour Tristesse
he overall ambiguity of the film and its refusal to make judgements mark it as ahead of its time, while the cast are first-rate, particularly Seberg, veering between impishly mischievous and spookily sinister.
Script deficiencies and awkward reading -- some lines are spoken as though just that -- have static results.
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