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While Françoise Sagan’s novel and Preminger’s movie are about a young woman coming to terms with her own selfishness, ...
Interview: The Indie Spirit-nominated actress has made just 2 films, but both speak to her finely tuned ability to portray ...
“Bonjour Tristesse” works best as a sustained mood, as an evocation of long summer days that might not actually exist outside ...
But alongside their director, Sevigny and McInerny carefully remind us that fantasy and tragedy are interlinked. Chew-Bose’s ...
“Bonjour Tristesse” is set in the present day but pulls from vintage aesthetics. It “exists out of time” and taps into a ...
Returning to Françoise Sagan's novel made famous by Otto Preminger’s 1958 movie, writer-director Durga Chew-Bose makes an ...
One of the things that struck me while watching “Bonjour Tristesse,” written and directed by the celebrated author Durga Chew-Bose, was a feeling of being — and I don't know how else to put it — ...
Bonjour Tristesse isn’t a particularly enriching adaptation or entry into its genre, but it’s well-crafted and well-performed enough to be worth watching.
The first rule of making a film of Bonjour Tristesse is that it must look splendid, and if nothing else, Durga Chew-Bose’s adaptation achieves that. Gently updating Françoise Sagan’s generational 1954 ...
A French literary classic, “Bonjour Tristesse” (translates as “Hello Sadness”) was a publishing sensation in 1954 with its ...
Set in the countryside of France during the summertime, “Bonjour Tristesse” follows the father-daughter duo of Cécile and ...
Chloë Sevigny talks her new films 'Bonjour Tristesse' and 'Magic Farm,' her next Luca Guadagnino movie, and thoughts on his ...