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Prix de Beauté (1930)

Prix de Beauté poster
Original title
Prix de beauté
Directed by
Augusto Genina
Genre
drama film, silent film, romance film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 49m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman wins a beauty contest and moves to Paris to pursue a career as a model. Her fame begins to strain her relationship with her jealous fiancé back home.

melancholicbittersweetglamorousslow-burntragicvisually lushelegiacsorrowful

What happens

Prix de Beauté ("Beauty Prize", UK title: Miss Europe) is a 1930 film directed by Augusto Genina. The film is notable for being the first sound film made by star Louise Brooks, although all of her dialogue and singing were dubbed. This film is an early example of sound film in France, along with L'Age d'Or and Under the Roofs of Paris. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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