Riveting story, visually stunning – a film that defies categorisation. In a villa on the Riviera a woman comes between a decadent girl and her playboy widowed father – rivalries escalate.

Misunderstood on release, now recognised as a Hollywood masterpiece.

Jean-Luc Godard said “The character played by Jean Seberg (in Breathless) was a continuation of her role in Bonjour Tristesse. I could have taken the last shot of Preminger’s film and started after dissolving to a title: “Three years later”.

‘Strange and shockingly modern.’ The Observer.