An amoral French girl and her playboy father discover the dark side of passion in this sizzling 1950 adaptation of Franรงoise Saganโs notorious best-seller.
Jean Seberg is Cecile, the spoiled 17-year-old daughter of Raymond (David Niven), a wealthy Parisian widower vacationing in a sumptuous villa on the French Riviera. Their shallow, pleasure-seeking existence is threatened when Raymond decides to marry Cecileโs straight-laced godmother, Anne (Deborah Kerr), who disapproves of the teenagerโs steamy summer affair with Philippe (Geoffrey Home). To keep her carefree world from being shattered, Cecile plots to drive Anne away. But itโs โGoodbye Happinessโ and โBonjour Tristesseโ (โHello Sadnessโ) when the plan takes an unexpected turn.