Movie "Bonjour tristesse" - DVD Movies Encyclopedia

Short description of the movie "Bonjour tristesse"

In the French Riviera, the spoiled and futile seventeen years old girl Cecile (Jean Seberg) is spending the summer vacation with her father, the widow playboy and bon-vivant Raymond (David Niven), and his girlfriend Elsa (Mylène Demongeot). Cecile has a serious Complex of Oedipus with her father, and they have a quite incestuous relationship. The successful designer and former friend of her mother Anne Larson (Deborah Kerr) arrives in their seaside house invited by Raymond to spend a couple of days with them, and the life of Cecile changes when Raymond proposes Anne to marry him. Full of jealousy, Cecile plots with Elsa to separate Anne from Raymond.

Starring actors in "Bonjour tristesse" movie:

Deborah Kerr as a character Anne Larson Deborah Kerr also starred in the next movies: "The King and I" in a role of Anna Leonowens; "Black Narcissus" in a role of Sister Clodagh;

David Niven as a character Raymond David Niven also starred in the next movies: "The Guns of Navarone" in a role of Cpl. Miller; "Death on the Nile" in a role of Colonel Johnny Race; "Dodsworth" in a role of Capt. Clyde Lockert; "The Charge of the Light Brigade" in a role of Captain James Randall; "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" in a role of Albert De Regnier;

Jean Seberg as a character Cecile - Raymond's daughter Jean Seberg also starred in the next movies: "The Mouse That Roared" in a role of Helen Kokintz;

Mylène Demongeot as a character Elsa Mylène Demongeot starred only in the movie "Bonjour tristesse"

Geoffrey Horne as a character Philippe Geoffrey Horne also starred in the next movies: "The Bridge on the River Kwai" in a role of Lt. Joyce;

Juliette Gréco as a character Herself as a night club singer. Juliette Gréco starred only in the movie "Bonjour tristesse"

Walter Chiari as a character Pablo Walter Chiari starred only in the movie "Bonjour tristesse"

Martita Hunt as a character Philippe's Mother Martita Hunt also starred in the next movies: "Becket" in a role of Empress Matilda; "Anastasia" in a role of Baroness Elena von Livenbaum; "Great Expectations" in a role of Miss Havisham;

Roland Culver as a character Mr. Lombard Roland Culver also starred in the next movies: "007 Thunderball" in a role of Foreign Secretary; "The Legend of Hell House" in a role of Mr. (Rudolph) Deutsch;

Jean Kent as a character Mrs. Helen Lombard Jean Kent starred only in the movie "Bonjour tristesse"

David Oxley as a character Jacques David Oxley starred only in the movie "Bonjour tristesse"

Elga Andersen as a character Denise Elga Andersen starred only in the movie "Bonjour tristesse"

Jeremy Burnham as a character Hubert Jeremy Burnham starred only in the movie "Bonjour tristesse"

Eveline Eyfel as a character Maid Eveline Eyfel starred only in the movie "Bonjour tristesse"

Tutte Lemkow as a character Pierre Schube Tutte Lemkow also starred in the next movies: "Red Sonja" in a role of Wizard;