Bonjour Tristesse
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Movie Reviews of Bonjour Tristesse
Movie Review: FAVORITE MOVIE
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my all-time favorite movies. I first saw it when I was very young. It is sad but funny, too, although not a comedy.Movie Review: sometimes , there are no happy endings...
Summary: 4 Stars
BONJOUR TRISTESSE (1958), based on the infamous bestseller by teenager Francoise Sagan, captures the early trends of French new-wave cinema. Even today, this film still holds up beautifully thanks to it's progressive themes and top-flight performances.
The story is told in flashback. Cecile (Jean Seberg) and her widower father Raymond (David Niven) spend their summers in idyllic bliss on the sun-soaked French Riviera. Their relationship is open; Cecile can trust her father to allow her all the freedom she wishes to enjoy the opposite sex, and vice-versa. All that changes when Cecile's stern godmother Anne (Deborah Kerr) arrives to spend the holidays. Anne wants Cecile to start seriously preparing for her future, Cecile would rather run wild with her latest boyfriend Philippe (Geoffrey Horne). When Raymond announces his plans to marry Anne, Cecile sets into motion a plan that will trigger untold tragedy for them all...
Francoise Sagan's semi-autobiographical book was always going to be an ideal film, and producer/director Otto Preminger's 1958 movie still hits the right mark. The lives of the moneyed (and mindless) on the Riviera coast, their nasty manipulations, and what happens when a woman tries to change the destructive relationship between a father and daughter, is truly fascinating.
The cast is sensational. Jean Seberg, with her unique combination of willowy European grace and all-American charm, is the ideal choice for Cecile. Deborah Kerr's performance as Anne walks the fine line between comedy and drama; and David Niven's performance as Raymond is equally fine (Kerr and Niven had co-starred in "Separate Tables" the same year).
The supporting cast is very strong too. Mylene Demongeot steals many a scene as the feather-brained Elsa, Martita Hunt has an all-too-brief bit as Philippe's mother; the cast also features Walter Chiari, Juliette Greco (as the nightclub singer who performs the Title Song), and Roland Culver.
BONJOUR TRISTESSE is a fabulous film, from it's moody B&W sections to it's sombre ending. Especially for fans of the tragic Jean Seberg (one of the many casualties of the Hollywood machine), this film will be a must-see.
The DVD from Columbia includes a sparkling new 16:9 anamorphic enhanced print. Extras are limited to the trailer, plus previews for "From Here to Eternity" and "The Age of Innocence". (Single-sided, single-layer disc).
Movie Review: A nice, stylish period piece
Summary: 4 Stars
Jean Seabourg and David Niven co-star in this stylish uncoming-of-age drama about a carefree, swinging widower and his equally irresponsible daughter, Cecile, a cynical teenage flirt who acts as the film's narrator. They are on vacation on the French Riviera, along with Elke, an adorable, airheaded European party girl who is there as dad's date and Cecile's playmate, right up until she gets dumped in favor of a hotter prospect. Cecile thinks the new gal will be just another one of Dad's little conquests, the ones they laugh about between chic parties and social calls, but when the new relationship turns serious, with Niven about to settle down with a mature-minded woman who may force Cecile to take her own actions seriously, the girl rebels and determines to undo the tryst. In some ways, the plot seems somewhat simple and uneventful, although this seeming flatness is actually a reflection of the shallowness of the character's emotional lives. Directed by Otto Preminger, this flick is packed with stylish cinematography and equally chic clothes, arch dialogue and great on-location scenery... It may not be a real classic, or a soul-moving work of art, but it is quite entertaining and very nice to watch.Movie Review: If only for Juliette
Summary: 4 Stars
i've seen this movie several times on TV in the past...
Oh, it's a perfecly charming movie, especially for the not TOO young amongst us, who probably remember the older times in Paris and France best. For ME: I'd buy this film because it is one of those rare moments to see Juliette Gréco in action.
Gréco was extremely popular in the fifties as an avantgarde singer/ actress. Those were the days of the "existentialists" .I've met Miss Gréco personally and have been a fan of her art for years now.Where ever she's got a concert, you can hear a pin drop .....soooo different if you compare it too many concerts of todays artists. Miss Gréco you could call the true follow up of that other great French singer , PIAF !
so If you get the chance to see this movie, watch Juliette Gréco
in her small part and see if you're too under her spell....
Movie Review: Beautiful Jean Seberg
Summary: 4 Stars
Frivolous, adolescent story on the Riviera. But that is precisely what it is supposed to be, filled with great scenery and playful antics. What a tragic loss (Jean) to the whole world. We sometimes forget that butterflies are just as fragile as they are beautiful.