Cecile (Jean Seberg) is a 17 year old party girl and her widower father Raymond (David Niven) is a fun loving playboy in the south of France. He has his empty-headed girlfriend Elsa. Family friend Anne Larsen (Deborah Kerr) returns into their life and threatens Cecile's carefree existence.
This is directed by Otto Preminger. It's beautiful people in a beautiful place. I do wonder if Otto is doing something deeper or shallower than what it appears to be. Niven and Seberg are appealing enough to root for. It would be fine to take this straight. Elsa is trying to be comedic. This exists in a kind of 50's sunny France decadence. This could be a fun Disney movie if Cecile is much younger in a duel with the evil stepmother figure. This is pretty to look at but I don't find this that much fun.
This is directed by Otto Preminger. It's beautiful people in a beautiful place. I do wonder if Otto is doing something deeper or shallower than what it appears to be. Niven and Seberg are appealing enough to root for. It would be fine to take this straight. Elsa is trying to be comedic. This exists in a kind of 50's sunny France decadence. This could be a fun Disney movie if Cecile is much younger in a duel with the evil stepmother figure. This is pretty to look at but I don't find this that much fun.