Bonjour Tristesse

Hollow lives, promiscuity, and, eventually, tragedy on the French Riviera as seen through the eyes of a l7-year-old girl. Say bon jour to a lot of repressed attitudes in this often charming story. In flashback, Seberg, the daughter of a hedonistic father, Niven, is growing up to be his carbon copy. She recalls her last summer on the Riviera with her father and his newest mistress, Demongeot. Into this racy melange comes Kerr, a lovely but morally repressed woman who would soon be teetering between two worlds--the conventional society she comes from, with its harsh codes and demands, and the Bohemian lifestyle she has come upon. Niven promptly tries to bed he...