‘Bonjour Tristesse’ Review: Chloe Sevigny And Claes Bang Hit The French Riviera In Lush New Film Version Of Coming-Of-Age Story – Toronto Film Festival
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deadline.com1958 was quite the year for French novelist Françoise Sagan, who had not one but two film versions of her works given the Hollywood treatment: A Certain Smile and Bonjour Tristesse.
The latter was directed by Otto Preminger to mixed reviews despite a starry cast including David Niven, Deborah Kerr and newcomer Jean Seberg who had made her debut in Preminger’s Saint Joan the year before.
She was enthralling, but the Preminger take of Sagan’s coming-of-age tale set on the French Riviera is largely forgotten today.
Both studio films had the feel of a lavish soap so popular for these widescreen romantic dramas of the time. Now we have a new take.
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