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Honoré was inspired to make the film after then-French president Nicolas Sarkozy repeatedly criticised the book as irrelevant in regard to modern life. [3] Originally intended as a television film, The Beautiful Person aired on Arte on 12 September 2008, [4] ahead of its theatrical release in France on 17 September. [1] [5]
Apr 6, 2024 · The French film ‘La Belle Personne’ (2008), directed by Christophe Honoré, is breathtaking and a true work of art. The movie’s beauty is captivating, with its sweet French melody and ...
Christophe Honoré decided to make this adaptation of La Princesse de Clèves after French president Nicholas Sarkozy criticized the novel.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Christophe Honoré
- 2009-03-06
Aug 5, 2019 · Directed by Christophe Honore. Genre: Drama. After her mother’s death, a beautiful teenage girl, Junie (Lea Seydoux) moves in with relatives and attends school with her male cousin. She quickly gets embroiled in the dizzying affairs of her cousin’s clique of friends and young teachers.
In taking the story out of the aristocratic erotic games-playing of medieval times and into the adolescent erotic games-playing of a modern-day high school, Mr. Honoré rejuvenates the age-old love triangle story on the surface, but underneath, it’s still the same heavy-handed morality at play.
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.
Sep 18, 2008 · Making his third feature in three years, Honore shoots fast, dirty, and mostly outdoors, making him the latest heir to the French New Wave throne.
