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Goodbye Again

Goodbye Again

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Goodbye Again

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

1961

1h 55m

7.1(42 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

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.

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United Artists

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman

Paula Tessier

Yves Montand

Yves Montand

Roger Demarest

Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins

Philip Van der Besh

Jessie Royce Landis

Jessie Royce Landis

Mrs. Van der Besh

Pierre Dux

Pierre Dux

Maître Fleury

Jocelyn Lane

Jocelyn Lane

First Maisie

Jean Clarke

Second Maisie

Michèle Mercier

Michèle Mercier

Third Maisie

Alison Leggatt

Alison Leggatt

Alice

Uta Taeger

Uta Taeger

Gaby

Creative team

Directed by: Anatole Litvak
Written by: Samuel A. Taylor
Produced by: Anatole Litvak
Arthur Krim

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