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‘Bonjour Tristesse’ Review: Chloe Sevigny And Claes Bang Hit The French Riviera In Lush New Film Version Of Coming-Of-Age Story – Toronto Film Festival
A review of 'Bonjour Tristesse' the coming of age novel by Francoise Sagan now once again comes to the screen in gorgeous French Riviera locations.
Though Bonjour Tristesse has also since been made a couple of times for French TV, this is the first major international film version since Preminger’s and it is a gorgeous-looking , quite lilting tale of a young 18 year old girl’s awakening that actually caused a scandal when Sagan, then 18 herself, published her book. This in debuting Montreal-based director and screenwriter Durga Chew Bose ‘s hands feels more true to Sagan’s novel and becomes a more complex tale of the nature of female relationships, the mysteries within, and their winding paths. Perhaps it took a woman to expose those aspects of Sagan’s still beloved novel, and Bose succeeds in getting straight to the aching heart of Cecile, as does McInerny who might remind you of a young Audrey Hepburn.
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