
France, 1950s. From the Quartier Latin to Saint-Tropez via New York, a young Parisienne becomes the icon of a whole generation. In 1954, 19-year-old Francoise Sagan shot to fame with her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse. Flamboyant, scandalous and underrated, Sagan lived her life at the furthest edge of excess. She won and lost fortunes at the roulette table, bought and crashed superb sports cars, drank, danced and partied, leaving a trail of lovers in her wake.... (Full plot summary below)
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France, 1950s. From the Quartier Latin to Saint-Tropez via New York, a young Parisienne becomes the icon of a whole generation. In 1954, 19-year-old Francoise Sagan shot to fame with her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse. Flamboyant, scandalous and underrated, Sagan lived her life at the furthest edge of excess. She won and lost fortunes at the roulette table, bought and crashed superb sports cars, drank, danced and partied, leaving a trail of lovers in her wake.
Leave your thoughts about Sagan.
| Concrete PlaygroundAlice TynanIt is with a sense of mere interested detachment that you learn about Sagan?s lovelorn, reckless existence. |
| At the Movies (Australia)Margaret PomeranzSagan's fascinating life has been presented in a rather mundane fashion by Diane Kurys; it's chronologically plodding with a wall-papering of Sagan's writings on life and love in voice-over. |
| Sydney Morning HeraldSandra HallWhat really damns it as literary biography is that it gives you little incentive to go back to her books. |
| MovieTime, ABC Radio NationalJulie RiggThis biopic, from respected film maker Diane Kurys gives Sylvie Testud a chance to channel this witty, amusing woman and let us think about her life. But it bustles along so fast my sympathy was only intermittently engaged. |
| The Age (Australia)Jake WilsonEdited down from its original incarnation as a two-part TV mini-series, the film in memory becomes a series of scenes with Sagan staggering about dropping drunken bons mots. Nothing can redeem this laughable material. |
| QuickflixSimon Miraudo[The film] traps Françoise in a film so bland you would think it was depicting the lives of Isaac Funk and Adam Wagnalls and their attempts to publish a cheap, yet informative, encyclopedia. |
| User ReviewGael MTrès beau film plein d'émotion et d'humour. |
| User ReviewCyril R...mon coup de foudre du moment. Superbe de la première image à la dernière note (qui n'a pas fini de me hanter) Allez-y puisque je vous le dit! ;-) |
| User ReviewFrançoise CI saw it i loved it an excellent performance of sylvie Testud, very toucning ++++++++++++ |
| User ReviewSarah Cun destin qui a du mordant... personnage charismatique que ce petit bout de femme... formidable performance de sylvie testud, comme d'habitude. |