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A Certain Smile (1958)
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22 September 1958 (Sweden) morePlot:
Dominique, a law student at the Sorbonne, is engaged to a fellow classmate. Unfortunately, she's more attracted to his philandering Uncle Luc... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Pretty scenery and theme song more (3 total)Cast
(Credited cast)| Rossano Brazzi | ... | Luc Ferrand | |
| Joan Fontaine | ... | Françoise Ferrand | |
| Bradford Dillman | ... | Bertrand Griot | |
| Christine Carère | ... | Dominique Vallon | |
| Eduard Franz | ... | M. Vallon | |
| Katherine Locke | ... | Mme. Vallon | |
| Kathryn Givney | ... | Mme. Griot | |
| Steven Geray | ... | Denis | |
| Johnny Mathis | ... | Himself | |
| Trude Wyler | ... | Mme. Denis | |
| Sandy Livingston | ... | Catherine | |
| Renate Hoy | ... | Mlle. Minot | |
| Muzaffer Tema | ... | Pierre |
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It has some beautiful scenery, and a very hummable theme song, but other than that it's not very effective. Director Negulesco did much better with the studio-bound "Best of Everything." One doesn't really care about any of these self-involved people (well, maybe a little for the Joan Fontaine character). Zero chemistry between supposed lovers Brazzi and Carrere. For some much better film adaptations of Francoise Sagan novels, try Bonjour Tristesse and Aimez Vous Brahms (in which Yves Montand plays the same compulsive-womanizer type as Brazzi in "Smile," but somewhat more compellingly). I have to admit that Sagan's characters in general are pretty boring to me.