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| Directed by | Durga Chew-Bose |
| Screenplay by | Durga Chew-Bose |
| Based on | Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan |
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| Cinematography | Maximilian Pittner |
| Edited by | Amélie Labrèche |
| Music by | Lesley Barber |
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| Running time | 110 minutes |
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| Language | English |
Bonjour Tristesse is a 2024 coming-of-age romantic drama film starring Chloë Sevigny, Lily McInerny and Claes Bang. It is an adaptation of the 1954 novel by Françoise Sagan. It is adapted and directed by Durga Chew-Bose in her feature length directorial debut.
The film premiered in the Discovery program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
Synopsis
Cécile (McInerny), and her widowed father Raymond (Bang) are spending the summer in the south of France with his latest flame, Elsa (Harzoune). However, the equilibrium is disrupted with the arrival of Anne (Sevigny), who is an old friend of Cécile’s parents.
Cast
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- Chloë Sevigny as Anne
- Claes Bang as Raymond
- Lily McInerny as Cécile
- Naïlia Harzoune as Elsa
- Aliocha Schneider as Cyril
- Nathalie Richard
Production
Film Constellation are selling distribution rights to the contemporary adaptation written and directed by Durga Chew-Bose. Producers of the project include Babe Nation Films’ Katie Bird Nolan and Lindsay Tapscott for whom it took three years to secure rights to the novel, and for whom it had been a seven year project prior to the commencement of shooting. Also producing are Elevation Pictures’ Noah Segal and Christina Piovesan, Wolfgang Mueller and Benito Mueller of Barry Films and Cinenovo’s Julie Viez. Executive producers are Fabien Westerhoff for Constellation Productions, Suzanne Court, and Françoise Sagan’s son Denis Westhoff. Principal photography got underway in Cassis in the South of France in May 2023.
Release
Elevation Pictures, which co-financed Bonjour Tristesse, will release the film in Canada. In December 2024, Greenwich Entertainment acquired U.S. distribution rights, planning to release the film sometime in the summer of 2025. The film was also sold to independent distributors in Spain, Portugal, MENA, the CIS, former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and airlines, with Universal Pictures acquiring rights to the rest of the world.
References
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