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Françoise Sagan

Françoise Sagan

Writing
1935-06-21
Cajarc, Lot, France

Biography

Françoise Sagan, born Françoise Quoirez, was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. She is best-known novel for her first novel "Bonjour Tristesse" (1954), written when she was a teenager.

Known For & Full Filmography16 Titles

#1Ciné regards

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes as Self

8.8 / 10
Documentary

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#2Apostrophes

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Self

8.5 / 10
Talk

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

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#3Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Self

6.0 / 10
Talk

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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#4Nulle part ailleurs

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes as Self

6.1 / 10
Talk

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#5Dim Dam Dom

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes as Self

8.0 / 10
Documentary

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#630 millions d'amis

Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes as Self

6.2 / 10
Documentary

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#7Clive James' Postcard from

Drama Series - 1989, 16 episodes as Self

7.0 / 10

"Clive James' Postcards," is a travel programme originally broadcast on BBC, and later transferring to ITV.

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#8Pour le plaisir

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes as Self

8.8 / 10
Documentary

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#9Testament of Orpheus

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Un ami d'Orphée (non crédité)

7.6 / 10
Fantasy

An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.

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#10Les vendredis d'Apostrophes

Movie - 2015, 2h 15m as Self (archive footage)

6.0 / 10
Documentary

Hours and historical meetings, Pierre Assouline has composed an anthology of the best extracts presented in the form of a primer, which he had commented on by a surprised Bernard Pivot.

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#11Mitterrand, président culturel

Movie - 2021, 2h 15m as Self (archive footage)

8.8 / 10
DocumentaryTV MovieHistory

On the occasion of the fourty years anniversary of François Mitterand's election, a look back to the relationship between the President and artists, from admiration to manipulation.

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#12Cherchez l'idole

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m as Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
Comedy

After stealing a diamond from Mylène Demongeot, Richard hides it inside a guitar. But on returning to the music shop he discovers that the precious instrument has just been sold! The problem is complicated by the fact that five stars all bought the same model that morning...

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#13Vadim Mister Cool

Movie - 2016, 2h 15m as Self (archive footage)

6.1 / 10
Documentary

As a poster boy for hedonism, his whole life was one big party. A journalist, filmmaker, director, producer, actor, novelist, ladies' man and prolific father... Roger Vladimir Plémiannikov, a.k.a. Roger Vadim, tried everything until his death in 2000. Portrait of a man at the cutting edge of fashion and trends.

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#14A Night at the Opera

Movie - 2020, 2h 15m as Self (archive footage)

6.4 / 10
DocumentaryMusic

A documentary view of the galas of Paris’s Palais Garnier in the 1950s and ’60s.

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#15Françoise Sagan : L'élégance de vivre

Movie - 2017, 2h 15m as Self (archive footage)

8.8 / 10
Documentary

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#16Bonjour Tristesse, Hello Scandal: The Raunchy Book That Shocked France

Movie - 2022, 2h 15m as Self - Writer (archive footage)

7.3 / 10
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

Summer 1953. Françoise Sagan, a young French girl, begins writing Bonjour Tristesse. A few months later she becomes a published author, while France is scandalized by her frank description of female youthful sexuality.

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