
Bonjour Tristesse(2025)
At the height of summer, 18-year-old Cécile is relaxing by the French seaside with her father and falling in love with her new boyfriend. The arrival of her late mother's enigmatic friend turns her world upside down.


A spoiled teenager spends the summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy father, but when his old flame resurfaces, she resolves to keep her frivolous lifestyle at all costs.

Deborah Kerr
Anne Larson

David Niven
Raymond

Jean Seberg
Cecile

Mylène Demongeot
Elsa

Geoffrey Horne
Philippe

Juliette Gréco
Juliette Greco

Walter Chiari
Pablo

Martita Hunt
Philippe's Mother

Roland Culver
Mr. Lombard

Jean Kent
Mrs. Helen Lombard
Bonjour Tristesse is a drama, romance film released in 1958 exploring themes of daughter, based on novel or book, mediterranean, holiday, female lover, southern france. Directed by Otto Preminger, it stars Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg. A spoiled teenager spends the summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy father, but when his old flame resurfaces, she resolves to keep her frivolous lifestyle at all costs.
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