Françoise Sagan

Writing

Françoise Sagan

Born June 21, 1935 · Cajarc, Lot, France

Died September 24, 2004 · aged 69

Françoise Sagan, born Françoise Quoirez, was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. She is best-known novel for her first novel "Bonjour Tristesse" (1954), written when she was a teenager.

Known For

Bonjour TristesseBonjour Tristesse · 2025
Bonjour Tristesse
6.12025
MovieRomanceDrama
At the height of summer, 18-year-old Cécile is relaxing by the French seaside with her father and falling in love with her new boyfriend. The arrival of her late mother's enigmatic friend turns her world upside down.
Bonjour TristesseBonjour Tristesse · 1958
Bonjour Tristesse
6.71958
MovieDramaRomance
A spoiled teenager spends the summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy father, but when his old flame resurfaces, she resolves to keep her frivolous lifestyle at all costs.
BluebeardBluebeard · 1963
Bluebeard
6.41963
MovieDramaCrime
Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer, married and father of four children, relentlessly feeds his own sinister factory of death.
Nutty, Naughty ChateauNutty, Naughty Chateau · 1963
Nutty, Naughty Chateau
5.61963
MovieComedy
An old castle in Sweden, inhabited by a family of 18th century dressing eccentrics, holds secrets, deception, and rumors of murder.
Goodbye AgainGoodbye Again · 1961
Goodbye Again
7.11961
MovieDramaRomance
Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with a younger woman. She soon learns that May-December romances with older women are frowned upon in society.
Testament of OrpheusTestament of Orpheus · 1960
Testament of Orpheus
7.61960
MovieFantasy
An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.
A Certain SmileA Certain Smile · 1958
A Certain Smile
6.31958
MovieRomanceDrama
A pretty Parisian law student falls in love with her boyfriend's uncle.
HeartbeatHeartbeat · 1968
Heartbeat
6.41968
MovieDramaRomance
The mistress of a wealthy man misses material comforts when she leaves him for a younger lover.

Filmography

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Le coup du sortLe coup du sort · 1997
Le coup du sort
9.01997
MovieThrillerTV Movie
In the French Basque Country, near Saint-Jean-les-Bains, young man Julien (Noriega) finds a corpse, buried with jewels, in an abandoned car near a ravine. Julien cannot resist the temptation and takes the jewels with him. He later learned from the press that the man in the car was killed. Maria (Galiena), the boarding lady who accommodates Julien, brings him into contact with a healer. Julien and Maria become lovers, cash in on the loot and flee. It is quite obvious that this does not lead to a happy ending and that the opportunistic amateur thief is confronted with professional criminals. Galiena, in particular, as an Italian hotel keeper, Maria, impresses in a beautiful drama written by Valérie Bonnier, Carlos Perez-Merinero, Luis Maria and Robert Valey.

Novel