Goodbye Again

"This is how love is...and always will be..."

1961 1h 55m EN

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7.1

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★7.1TMDB · 43🍅60%Rotten Tomatoes★7IMDB · 3,172

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with a younger woman. She soon learns that May-December romances with older women are frowned upon in society.

“This is how love is...and always will be...”

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Cast

Ingrid Bergman
Paula Tessier
Yves Montand
Roger Demarest
Anthony Perkins
Philip Van der Besh
Jessie Royce Landis
Mrs. Van der Besh
Pierre Dux
Maître Fleury
Jocelyn Lane
First Maisie
Jean Clarke
Second Maisie
Michèle Mercier
Third Maisie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anatole Litvak
Writers: Samuel A. Taylor
Languages: French, English
Countries: France, United States of America

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ERA

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65 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: France, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Anatole Litvak, shot by Armand Thirard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Georges Auric. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Bert Bates shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Ingrid Bergman and Yves Montand and Anthony Perkins carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "This is how love is...and always will be...".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Anatole Litvak directs. Armand Thirard behind the camera. Georges Auric scores. Bert Bates cuts. Produced in France, United States of America. Dialogue in French, English.

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165 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
3International production across 2 countries: France, United States of America.
4Directed by Anatole Litvak, shot by Armand Thirard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Georges Auric. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Bert Bates shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Ingrid Bergman and Yves Montand and Anthony Perkins carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "This is how love is...and always will be...".
9IMDB entry: tt0054936 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 43 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Released under 26 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Armand Thirard
Original score: Georges Auric
Editing: Bert Bates
Production design: Alexandre Trauner
Makeup / hair: John O'Gorman
Runtime: 115 min · 1h 55m
Status: Released
Box office: $1,600,000
Original language: EN
IMDB: Goodbye Again (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes: 60% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 7/10 · 3,172 votes
MPAA: Not Rated

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations

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CinemaSerf2025-08-20
★ 7/10
“Paula” (Ingrid Bergman) has been dating “Roger” (Yves Montand) for a while, but though she really does care for him quite deeply, the romantic spark is waning a bit and she suspects that he is playing away from home on his fairly regular business trips. She isn’t looking to change things, but when she meets the adoring “Philip” (Anthony Perkins) his naive innocence and enthusiastic attempts at courtship bring something refreshing, exhilarating even, to her own rather staid lifestyle. When she learns that “Roger” is once again up to mischief, things with the younger man take on a new dynamic - but are either being fair to the other? Though most of her clients tolerate “Roger” and his peccadilloes, are they going to be prepared to indulge her appearances in restaurants and parties with this especially green (and not very alcohol tolerant) man? Bergman is almost maternal as she depicts a woman, highly successful in business but just, in her way, as in need of comfort as the besotted “Philip” - a part ably portrayed by the on-form Perkins in what I think might be my favourite of his performances. Montand also brings something of the rakish sophisticate to his part in a fashion that almost gets under your fingernails and there’s a solid effort from Jessie Royce Landis as the young man’s mother who has to tread on the eggshells strewn around her with some aplomb, too. It takes quite a poignant look at ageism and sexism, stereotypes and it does it in quite a light-hearted fashion making it’s point about hypocrisy and double-standards without pontificating at us. The production is classy and Anatole Litvak lets at least four actors take hold of this quite intimate melodrama and leave us certain that, by the end, nothing will be certain.

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