Movie |
Holiday | Based On Novel Or Book
Disclaimer: All content and media belong to original content streaming platforms/owners like Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Videos, JioCinema, SonyLIV etc. 91mobiles entertainment does not claim any rights to the content and only aggregate the content along with the service providers links.
Grand Jury Prize | 1958
Best British Screenplay | 1959 | Arthur
Best Film | 1958
Best Film | 1958
Box Office Collection 13,200,000 USD
Otto Preminger always liked this film, although he felt the American critics did not do it justice. The film was a qualified success in France, yet American critics felt the film wasn't French enough, a detail that amused Preminger.
Eveline Eyfel, credited as "Maid", plays three roles: the sisters Albertine, Léontine and Claudine, who stand in for each other as maids at different points in the story.
David Niven won the Best Actor Oscar the year "Bonjour Tristesse" was released, but not for this film. He won for "Separate Tables," which, at 15 minutes and 38 seconds of screen time, is the shortest Best Actor Oscar-winning performance of all time.
The Parisian framing sequences are in black and white (printed on colour stock) while the majority of the film, told in flashback and set on the French Riviera, is in colour.
According to Mylène Demongeot, Françoise Sagan could buy a convertible Jaguar from the adaptation of her novel. She drove the car barefoot.
"Cecile: It's getting out of control. I just wish I were a lot older or a lot younger."
"Anne Larson: You're looking wonderfully well. I'm surprised - and pleased. Cecile: Why surprised? Anne Larson: Well, from Raymond's description, I thought... Cecile: Oh, that was in Paris. And in Paris I was worn out from studying. Anne Larson: How did you do in your examinations? Cecile: [shrugs and laughs] Flunked. Anne Larson: Flunked? Cecile: [shrugs] Flunked! Anne Larson: Are you studying now? Cecile: During vacation? Anne Larson: Well, you're going to take your examinations again, in October? Cecile: Why? Raymond never got a diploma. Anne Larson: Yes, but he worked hard, made quite a bit of money. Cecile: Well, if it's all gone, I'm sure they'll always be a man to take care of me. And you don't need a diploma for that. [giggles] Anne Larson: [curtly] I don't like vulgarities, Cecile. Even when they're funny."
