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<i>Too Beautiful for You</i>

Too Beautiful for You

1989 film by Bertrand Blier

Too Beautiful for You (French: Trop belle pour toi) is a 1989 French romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Bertrand Blier. It tells the story of Bernard (Gérard Depardieu), a well-established BMW car dealer in the South of France, who is cheating on his beautiful wife (Carole Bouquet) with his ordinary-looking secretary (Josiane Balasko).

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Synopsis

Bernard Barthélémy, owner of a BMW car dealership, is married to an exceptionally beautiful woman, Florence, but he falls in love with a plain-looking but warm-hearted woman, Colette, who has been hired as a temp secretary at his dealership. This relationship will change his life. The film features surreal, fantasy sequences and a non-linear timeline.

Cast

  • Josiane Balasko as Colette Chevassu
  • Gérard Depardieu as Bernard Barthélémy
  • Carole Bouquet as Florence Barthélémy
  • François Cluzet as Pascal Chevassu
  • Rolland Blanche [fr] as Marcello
  • Myriam Boyer as Geneviève
  • Denise Chalem [fr] as Lorène
  • Didier Bénureau [fr] as Léonce
  • Philippe Loffredo as Tanguy
  • Stéphane Auberghen as Paula
  • Jean-Louis Cordina as Gaby
  • Jean-Paul Farré [fr] as the pianist
  • Richard Martin as the man on the tram
  • Philippe Faure [fr] as Colette's husband
  • Juana Marques as the daughter
  • Flavien Lebarbé as the son
  • Sylvie Orcier [fr] as Marie-Catherine (uncredited)

Reception

The film had 2,031,131 admissions in France.[1]

Accolades

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Notes

  1. Tied with Cinema Paradiso

References

  1. [1]
    "Trop belle pour toi (1989)". JP's Box-Office (in French).
  2. [2]
    "Festival de Cannes: Too Beautiful for You". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 1 August 2009.


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