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Bonjour Tristesse

1958 · 1h 34m · Not Rated Drama, Romance
Directed by Otto Preminger

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Cecile is a decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father, Raymond. When Anne, Raymond's old love interest, comes to Raymond's villa, Cecile is afraid for her way of life.

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86%
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Rotten

A bomb.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh

The final shot is one of the most convincingly grief-stricken in cinema.

Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Fresh

Niven and Kerr keenly satirize their onscreen iconographies-the cad and the goody-goody, respectively-but it's Seberg who cuts deepest.

Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Fresh

Otto Preminger's formally dazzling 1958 film is an edifice constructed of contrasts.

Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
Rotten

Script deficiencies and awkward reading -- some lines are spoken as though just that -- have static results.

Variety Staff, Variety

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