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Bonjour Tristesse

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Bonjour Tristesse
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NR,1hr 33min
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1957
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Columbia TriStar
Synopsis: Francoise Sagan's bittersweet novel Bonjour Tristesse is given a sumptuous Riviera-filmed screen treatment. David Niven plays a wealthy playboy, the father of teenaged libertine-in-the-making Jean Seberg. Seberg tolerates most of her father's mistresses, but doesn't know what to make of the prudish Deborah Kerr, who will not cohabit with Niven until after they're married. Feeling that her own relation with her father will be disrupted by Kerr's presence, Seberg does her malicious best to break up ... Full Synopsis
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Considered a fascinating study of decadence and possessiveness by some and soap operatic trash by others, Bonjour Tristesse is at the very least a stylishly-directed, gorgeously shot film that is immensely entertaining. Jean Seberg was generally dismissed by critics upon the film's release; it's true that she seems uncomfortable (and occasionally miscast) in many places, but her performance is actually ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Anne Larsen
Raymond
Cecile
Elsa Mackenbourg
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