Actress Lily McInerny and costume designer Miyako Bellizzi talk about recasting one of Jean Seberg's most famous film roles.

Less than five minutes into her debut feature, “Bonjour Tristesse,” as faultlessly framed shots of the rippling French seaside and all of its natural wonders cascade across the screen ...

At the beginning of “Bonjour Tristesse” – based on the 1954 novel previously adapted into a film in 1958 by Otto Preminger – Elsa (Nailia Harzoune) and her boyfriend, Raymond (Claes Bang ...

Françoise Sagan’s first novel, “Bonjour Tristesse,” was published in 1954. With a new film adaptation, the book and its author still holds sway. By Sadie Stein “Childhood is an image ...

The combination of adolescence’s slippery hedonism and the French Riviera’s languid air spurred the explosive popularity of Françoise Sagan’s 1954 novel “Bonjour Tristesse,” written ...

Set in the countryside of France during the summertime, “Bonjour Tristesse” follows the father-daughter duo of Cécile and Raymond. The quiet slice of life for the top 1 percent follows these two as ...

It’s also a delicious pleasure to compare the current film to the earlier. Bonjour Tristesse (2025) is Quebec filmmaker ...

The Indie Spirit-nominated actress has just two feature films under her belt, but both speak to her finely tuned ability to portray complicated young women. She tells IndieWire how she does it ...

In one of the most evocative scenes in Durga Chew-Bose’s new film adaptation of Bonjour Tristesse, 18-year-old Cécile, played by Lily McInerny, is sitting on the kitchen floor, having a ...

Durga Chew-Bose boldly reimagines a work once adapted by Otto Preminger in her beguiling first film set on the French Riviera. By Natalia Winkelman When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

A French literary classic, “Bonjour Tristesse” (translates as “Hello Sadness”) was a publishing sensation in 1954 with its wise beyond her years 18-year-old author Francoise Sagan.