The Beautiful Person

The Beautiful Person (2008)

La Belle Personne

In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie 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, but finds herself intensely drawn to her youthful Italian language teacher, Nemours. When Nemours begins to reciprocate, serious complications ensue.

Date of release
2008-09-17
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (239)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Director
Christophe Honoré

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: La Princesse de Clèves
  • Filmed in: Lycée Molière

The Beautiful Person 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.

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