Bonjour Tristesse

OPENING NIGHT

With director Durga Chew-Bose and star Lily McInerny in person, followed by reception

Dir. Durga Chew-Bose. 2024, 110 min. U.S./France/U.K./Canada. DCP. In English and French with English subtitles. With Chloë Sevigny, Lily McInerny, Claes Bang, Naïlia Harzoune, Aliocha Schneider. Just as the controversial publication of Françoise Sagan’s debut novel Bonjour Tristesse announced the arrival of an urgent new voice in literature, Durga Chew-Bose’s modern adaptation of the 1954 classic introduces a major new film director. Eighteen-year-old Cécile (McInerny) and her widowed father Raymond (Bang) spend their summer holiday on the French Riviera, sharing one another’s company with only Raymond’s younger girlfriend, Elsa (Harzoune), and, occasionally, Cécile’s local love interest, Cyril (Schneider). Cécile’s carefree, sun-soaked days—lushly rendered by Maximilian Pittner’s rich cinematography—are interrupted by the arrival of Anne (Sevigny), a steely fashion designer and friend of Cécile’s late mother. Anne’s structured approach to life—and unresolved dynamic with Raymond—plunges Cécile into jealousy, admiration, and uncertainty, forcing her to grapple with her own identity. Chew-Bose’s Bonjour Tristesse is both heart-wrenching and a keenly observed coming-of-age tale brimming with sumptuous imagery. New York premiere 

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About the filmmaker:

Durga Chew-Bose is a writer, editor, and filmmaker living in Montreal. She is the author of Too Much and Not the Mood, a collection of essays published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2017. Her work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, The Globe and Mail, and Harper’s Bazaar. She’s written catalogue essays on a variety of artists including Agnes Martin, Nicole Eisenman, and Wolfgang Tillmans. Prior to making Bonjour Tristesse, her feature film directorial debut, Durga’s film writing and interviews have focused on a range of international directors, from Abbas Kiarostami to Mia Hansen-Løve, Mike Leigh, Olivier Assayas, and many more. She is a devoted cinephile and has spoken on the works of masters of the craft from Michelangelo Antonioni to Hou Hsiao-hsien at numerous screening retrospectives around the world.