The Beautiful Person (2008)

Original title

La Belle Personne

Directed by

Christophe Honoré

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

12

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 235 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl transfers to a new school and catches the attention of two men. She becomes entangled in a love triangle that tests her emotions and loyalties.

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What happens

The Beautiful Person (French: La Belle Personne) is a 2008 French teen comedy-drama film directed by Christophe Honoré from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gilles Taurand. It is a modernised adaptation of the 1678 French novel La Princesse de Clèves. Honoré was inspired to make the film after then-French president Nicolas Sarkozy repeatedly criticised the book as irrelevant in regard to modern life. Originally intended as a television film, The Beautiful Person aired on Arte on 12 September 2008, ahead of its theatrical release in France on 17 September. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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