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The Beautiful Person

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In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie (Léa Seydoux) transfers to a different high school. Though Junie lives mostly inside her own head, her beauty and stoicism win her the attention of the entire male student population. Junie begins dating the gentle Otto Cleves (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet), but finds herself intensely drawn to her youthful Italian language teacher, Nemours (Louis Garrel). When Nemours begins to reciprocate, serious complications ensue.

Critics Reviews

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A.O. Scott New York Times 03/06/2009
2.5/5
The comic swerves and dramatic twists feel at once dutiful and arbitrary, and supposedly intense emotions are explored with the arch, weary detachment of a school assignment. Go to Full Review Dustin Chang Floating World 04/12/2021
Unlike the observation of a cafe owner, that teenage girls are as delicate as a glass. No matter what the circumstance, she is stronger than you and she can destroy you. Honoré too understands, about fleeting nature of love and its unfairness. Go to Full Review Beverly Berning culturevulture.net 09/04/2009
Mr. Honor rejuvenates the age-old love triangle story on the surface, but underneath, it's still the same heavy-handed morality at play. Go to Full Review Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews 06/28/2009
B
...reminiscent of Abdel Kechiche's "L'esquive" ("Games of Love and Chance"), yet while that film felt modern, urban and gritty, this one is more steeped in urban moodiness and doomed romance... Go to Full Review Joseph Proimakis Movies for the Masses 05/10/2009
2/5
ginetai plano to plano olo kai pio kraygaleo oti o anthropos den kserei apo poy na paei kai pos na se parei mazi toy, gia na ftasete s' ena finale arhaioellinika tragiko kai sparaksikardio oste na soy meinei Go to Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru 03/11/2009
5.75/10
Has a superb soundtrack, beautiful cinematography and a lively and charming cast, but, ultimately, suffers from an overstuffed, unfocused plot with poorly developed characters and fails to keep you thoroughly engrossed or captivated. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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03/10/2021 This movie has a lot of flares but no substance, it tries to give us different characters love stories without going in-depth into any story in particular. There is a shocking moment in the film, and the other characters take this just as a normal thing without giving an extra-second of attention. See more 06/02/2014 I highly disliked this movie. While it had some redeeming qualities, such as the cinematography and some nice spoken bits, it was overall very disappointing for me. The story arc was too slow, for one. None of the characters were particularly likeable in my opinion, either. Nemours was a creepy, perverted teacher who used women like tissues, and he decided his new 'love' was Junie. He pursues her and basically ruins her life in the process, instead of acting like the responsible elder he is. Some people may say that it was 'true, passionate love' calling, but I disagree. You don't love someone deeply from doing nothing but staring at them from afar. Basically, he liked a student's physicality and made her life suckish because of his desire. He reeked of male entitlement, and he irked me. Meanwhile, Junie was far from lovely too...leading Otto on, being as hypocritical as everybody else. All the characters irked me, and the story irked me. Not exciting, not intelligent. Sorry, but I really did not enjoy it. See more 05/22/2014 Audacieuse interpretation de «La Princesse de Cleves». Je suis mordu des films de Christrophe Honore. See more 03/29/2014 A very tender film. It may seem to be filled with angsty, young lust, but if you watch just a little closely you will see just how mature, moving, and brave it is. And by "it" I mean every character in this film. Loved it. See more 12/20/2013 another tired & cliche love triangle story See more 08/30/2013 2/5 --- French films are a world of their own, a language of their own, a particular wear of layer, dreary weather, unkempt hair, not alot of makeup...everything is so rough and raw, like the emotions in this movie for each character. Sort of a mess of a plot, but in the end it does make sense but not written well-enough for adults, more of a teenage angst-love story that's not a great story. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Christophe Honoré

Director

Louis Garrel

Nemours

Léa Seydoux

Junie

Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

Otto

Agathe Bonitzer

Marie

Simon Truxillo

Henri

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Movie Info

Synopsis In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie (Léa Seydoux) transfers to a different high school. Though Junie lives mostly inside her own head, her beauty and stoicism win her the attention of the entire male student population. Junie begins dating the gentle Otto Cleves (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet), but finds herself intensely drawn to her youthful Italian language teacher, Nemours (Louis Garrel). When Nemours begins to reciprocate, serious complications ensue.
Director
Christophe Honoré
Producer
Florence Dormoy, Joëy Faré
Screenwriter
Christophe Honoré, Gilles Taurand
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 28, 2020
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital