On January 21, 1958, Françoise Sagan is reeling from the blistering reviews of her fated opera-ballet, The Missed Rendez-Vous, that premiered the previous evening at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées. This author of the best-selling Bonjour Tristesse is seen being consoled at Maxim’s with her late-night friends, Annabel Buffet Schwob de Lure (soon to become Mme Buffet) and the dancer Jacques Chazot.