Sagan is a 2008

2008 in film

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 French biographical film, directed by Diane Kurys

Diane Kurys

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, starring Sylvie Testud

Sylvie Testud

Sylvie Testud is a French actress, writer and director. Her film career began in 1991. She was later highly acclaimed, and has twice won César Awards.-Biography:...

 as French author Françoise Sagan

Françoise Sagan

Françoise Sagan – real name Françoise Quoirez – was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Hailed as "a charming little monster" by François Mauriac on the front page of Le Figaro, Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois...

 and Pierre Palmade

Pierre Palmade

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 as a dancer and a society man, Jacques Chazot

Jacques Chazot

Jacques Chazot, Jacques Chazot, Jacques Chazot, (b. 25 September 1928 in Locmiquélic (Morbihan), d. 12 July 1993 in Monthyon (Seine-et-Marne) was a French dancer and socialite.-Biography:He joins Opéra de Paris in 1947. In 1956, he joins Opéra-Comique...

, who was very well known in France. The film starts in the mid 1950s as Sagan (then still known under her real name Quoirez) closes a publishing deal for her controversial debut novel

Debut novel

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 Bonjour Tristesse

Bonjour Tristesse

Bonjour Tristesse is a novel by Françoise Sagan. Published in 1954, when the author was only 18, it was an overnight sensation...

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The film then follows Sagan's road to fame, her drug abuse, alcoholism, and gambling, her hedonistic lifestyle spending too much and becoming poor, as well as several complex love affairs with both men and women.

Sagan was released in France on June 11, 2008 and received mixed reviews.

Synopsis

In 1958, Françoise Sagan is 23 years old. Her first couple of novels have made her rich and famous. She lives an easy life, filled with sex and debauchery, surrounded by her group of friends. On the 8th of August that year, at the Casino in Deauville, she gambles her last chips on the number 8 and wins 8 million francs, with which, a couple of hours later, she buys the house which she rented, in nearby Honfleur. This makes her the owner of that property, and she vows that she will never leave the place. Why is she, 40 years later, living there all alone, as a recluse? What events made a young promising novelist end up all alone, without the ones she loved, and used, all those years?

Note: This is an English translation of the French synopsis supplied by the production company.

Awards and nominations

• César Awards (France)
  • Nominated: Best Actress – Leading Role
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     (Sylvie Testud)
  • Nominated: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Jeanne Balibar)
  • Nominated: Best Costume Design
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    (Nathalie du Roscoat)