Too Beautiful for You

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).

Too Beautiful for You
Theatrical release poster
FrenchTrop belle pour toi
Directed byBertrand Blier
Written byBertrand Blier
Starring
CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot
Edited byClaudine Merlin
Production
companies
Distributed byAMLF
Release date
  • 12 May 1989 (1989-05-12) (France)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$15 million[1]

Premise

Bernard Barthélémy, owner of a BMW car dealership, is married to a 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
  • Carole Bouquet as Florence
  • Gérard Depardieu as Bernard Barthélémy
  • Rolland Blanche as Marcello
  • François Cluzet as Pascal
  • Didier Bénureau as Léonce
  • Philippe Loffredo as Tanguy
  • Sylvie Orcier as Marie-Catherine
  • Myriam Boyer as Geneviève
  • Flavien Lebarbé as The son
  • Juana Marques as The daughter
  • Denise Chalem as Lorène
  • Jean-Louis Cordina as Gaby
  • Stéphane Auberghen as Paula

Reception

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

Accolades

References
  1. "Trop belle pour toi (1989)". JP's Box-Office.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Too Beautiful for You". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
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