ThisisanEnglish-languagecontemporaryadaptationofFrenchwriterFrançoiseSagan’sclassicnovelBonjourTristesse.
ThestoryfollowsCécile(McInerny),ayoungwomanspendingthesummerinavillainthesouthofFrancewithherwidowedfatherRaymond(Bang)andhislatestloveinterest,Elsa(Harzoune).Theirsisalived-incompatibility—aworldofeaseandlanguor.ButallthatsoonchangeswiththearrivalofAnne(Sevigny),anoldfriendofRaymondandCécile’smother.Anne’spresenceanddeepconnectiontothepastaltersthevilla’smood.Whileherwayoflifeappearsmismatchedwiththeirs,anattraction—yearsinthemaking—forms.Desperatetoregaincontrol,CécilesetsinmotionaplantodriveAnneawaywithtragicconsequences.
