Screenplay: Françoise Sagan

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Françoise Sagan. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Bonjour tristesse

1958 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Otto Preminger

Cast Jean Seberg · David Niven · Deborah Kerr · Geoffrey Horne

Plot Cecile, decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father Raymond. When Anne, Raymond's old love interest, comes to Raymond's villa, Cecile is afraid for her way of life.

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

Goodbye Again

1961 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Anatole Litvak

Cast Ingrid Bergman · Yves Montand · Anthony Perkins · Jessie Royce Landis

Plot In this adaptation of Francoise Sagan's best selling novel, Paula is a beautiful, 40-year old, highly successful businesswoman. She is deeply in love with Roger, her mature consort of five...

6.6

358 votes

6.6

358 votes

Heartbeat (La chamade)

1968 · Movie · 103 min. · France

6.2

129 votes

6.2

129 votes

Bluebeard

1963 · Movie · 115 min. · France

Direction Claude Chabrol

Cast Michèle Morgan · Danielle Darrieux · Hildegard Knef · Juliette Mayniel

Plot France, WWI. Landru, the father of four Children, contacts Parisian women through newspapers, seduces and eventually kills them in order to feed his little family.

6.1

128 votes

6.1

128 votes

Question Of Luck (Cuestion de suerte)

1996 · Movie · 102 min. · Spain

Direction Rafael Moleón

Cast Anna Galiena · Eduardo Noriega · Marta Belaustegui · Leire Berrocal

Plot Upon finding a dead body and a cache of jewels in an abandoned car, the fortune of luckless Julio suddenly changes. After taking the gems, the young man decides to...

4.9

344 votes

4.9

344 votes

A Certain Smile

1958 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Jean Negulesco

Cast Rossano Brazzi · Joan Fontaine · Bradford Dillman · Christine Carère

Plot Dominique, a law student at the Sorbonne, is engaged to a fellow classmate. Unfortunately, she's more attracted to his philandering Uncle Luc, who's married to the charming Francoise. Dominique and...

4.9

31 votes

4.9

31 votes

The Blue Ferris

1977 · Movie · 85 min. · France

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La femme fardée

1990 · Movie · 101 min. · France

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Nutty, Naughty Chateau

1963 · Movie · 103 min. · France

Direction Roger Vadim

Cast Monica Vitti · Jean-Claude Brialy · Curd Jürgens · Suzanne Flon

Plot Frederic, a student, got himself invited by a Swedish family, living in an isolated castle (hence the title: "a castle in Sweden"). The scene takes place in cold winter, the...

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Castle in Sweden (TV)

2008 · Movie · 105 min. · France

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A Little Sun in Cold Water

1972 · Movie · 114 min. · France

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The Ball of Count Orgel

1970 · Movie · 95 min. · France

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Evasions (TV)

2000 · Movie · 90 min. · France

Direction Pierre Boutron

Cast Arielle Dombasle · Catherine Jacob · Laurent Spielvogel · Nicolas Vaude

Plot In the hot summer of 1940 the German troops are just outside Paris, and numerous Parisians are leaving the city in a complete panic. Luce Ader, the sensitive daughter of...

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Encore un hiver (S)

1979 · Movie · 12 min. · France

Direction Françoise Sagan

Cast Jean Barney · Alice Reichen

Plot A chance encounter on a park bench in early spring. Two takes on waiting and love.

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Love Play

1961 · Movie · 87 min. · France

Direction Fabien Collin · François Moreuil

Cast Jean Seberg · Christian Marquand · Françoise Prévost · Evelyne Ker

Plot Kate, an American at a Parisian boarding school, faces the moral and ethical choices of adulthood. Looking over the wall of her school, she becomes fascinated with a sculptor next...

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Prey for the Shadows

1961 · Movie · 95 min. · France

Direction Alexandre Astruc

Cast Annie Girardot · Daniel Gélin · Christian Marquand · Anne Caprile

Plot Anna, twenty-seven, married to building contractor Eric, refuses to live in his wake. Craving independence, she can exist through the art gallery she runs, but isn't this occupation a mere...

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