Director: Durga Chew-Bose
Directed by Durga Chew-Bose and released in 2025, Bonjour Tristesse is a French-set drama starring Lily McInerny as a teenager whose summer with her father unravels when an old flame arrives, available with Persian subtitles on K-Time.
What is Bonjour Tristesse about?
Cecile spends her days on the French coast in a loose, sun-drenched routine with her father Raymond, a man who treats life as something to enjoy rather than plan around. That balance shifts when Anne, a woman from Raymond's past played by Chloë Sevigny, joins them at the villa and starts introducing a structure neither Cecile nor Raymond is used to. Lily McInerny plays Cecile with a mix of watchfulness and restlessness, someone who reads the new arrangement as a threat to a life she's only just learned to enjoy. Claes Bang gives Raymond a charm that makes his avoidance of consequences easy to understand, if not excuse. What starts as a comfortable summer slowly tightens into something closer to a quiet reckoning.
Cast & crew
Lily McInerny stars as Cecile, with Claes Bang as her father Raymond and Chloë Sevigny as Anne, the woman whose presence reshapes their household. Nailia Harzoune, Aliocha Schneider, Nathalie Richard, Thierry Harcourt, and Rebecca Dayan round out the cast in this Canada-France-UK-Germany co-production. Durga Chew-Bose directs, adapting Françoise Sagan's novel for the screen.
Context & significance
Bonjour Tristesse belongs to a strand of European-set literary dramas that reach Iranian diaspora audiences mostly through festival buzz rather than mainstream marketing, and Persian subtitles give that audience direct access to the film's dialogue-heavy, mood-driven storytelling. There's no Persian dub for this title, so subtitles are the way to follow it in Farsi.
Where & how to watch
Bonjour Tristesse streams on K-Time with Persian subtitles, letting you follow the film in Farsi while hearing the original performances. A free K-Time account is enough to log in and start watching, with no VPN needed and no regional lockout for audiences outside France or Canada. You can cancel at any time, and the film is available on phone, tablet, TV, and browser through the same Farsi-friendly platform.