Bonjour Tristesse

Plot

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.

About Bonjour Tristesse

Bonjour Tristesse is a 2024 coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Durga Chew-Bose in her feature-length directorial debut, and starring Lily McInerny, Claes Bang, Nailia Harzoune, Aliocha Schneider, and Chloë Sevigny. Based on the 1954 novel by Françoise Sagan, its plot follows an eighteen-year-old girl whose summer on the French Riviera with her father is disrupted by an unexpected guest. It is the second film adaptation of Sagan's novel after the 1958 version directed by Otto Preminger, starring Deborah Kerr, David Niven, and Jean Seberg. The film premiered in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, 2024. It was released theatrically in Canada on May 2, 2025, by Elevation Pictures.

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