Bonjour Tristesse (1958 film)

Bonjour Tristesse
Theatrical release poster by Saul Bass
Directed byOtto Preminger
Screenplay byArthur Laurents
Based onBonjour Tristesse
by Françoise Sagan
Produced byOtto Preminger
Starring
CinematographyGeorges Périnal
Edited byHelga Cranston
Music byGeorges Auric
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • 15 January 1958 (1958-01-15) (New York City)
  • 12 May 1958 (1958-05-12) (United Kingdom)
Running time
94 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$13.2 million

Bonjour Tristesse ('Hello, Sadness') is a 1958 coming-of-age drama film in CinemaScope, produced and directed by Otto Preminger from a screenplay by Arthur Laurents, based on the 1954 novel by Françoise Sagan. The film stars Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg, Mylène Demongeot and Geoffrey Horne, and features Juliette Gréco, Walter Chiari, Martita Hunt and Roland Culver. It was released by Columbia Pictures. This film had color and black-and-white sequences, a technique unusual for the 1950s, but widely used in silent films and early sound films.