It was written when the author was only 18.

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. This week, yet ...

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 when the author ...

(L-R) Claes Bang, Lily McInerny and Chloe Sevigny in 'Bonjour Tristesse' Toronto Film Festival 1958 was quite the year for French novelist Françoise Sagan, who had not one but two film versions of her ...

Based on Françoise Sagan's 1954 novella, the film marks Durga Chew-Bose’s directorial debut. The melancholy of coming of age is captured in the whimsically dark “Bonjour Tristesse,” based on Françoise ...

Bonjour Tristesse is a divergent, understated remake in an economy of such films, which goes down more pensive thematic and stylistic avenues. In the summer in the south of France, teenage Cécile ...

Summertime sadness makes its way to the screen with Durga Chew-Bose’s feature directorial debut, Bonjour Tristesse. This first-time director celebrated the world premiere of her film at the Toronto ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The setting of Bonjour Tristesse is so enticing — a Mediterranean town in the South of France, where a large villa looks out ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When Bonjour Tristesse, the debut novel by then 18-year-old first-time author Françoise Sagan, was first ...

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 midnight snack ...

Extending an invitation to begin your summer of luxurious disappointment and distress a few weeks early, Film Forum is trotting out a pristine D.C.P. restoration of Otto Preminger’s ravishing and ...

PARIS — Forget about Charli XCX: This year’s summer style icon might just be Jean Seberg. The U.S. actress with the pixie haircut is back in the spotlight thanks to two films: Richard Linklater’s ...