- Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet, François Cluzet, Roland Blanche
- Directors: Bertrand Blier
- Format: PAL
- Language French
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.77:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Arrow
- DVD Release Date: 17 Sep 2001
- Run Time: 91 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005MFJ2
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 35,378 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Trop belle pour toi
" Depardieu delivers a riveting performance " - New York Times
The fifth collaboration between Gérard Depardieu and writer-director Bertrand Blier (after Les Valseuses, Préparez vos mouchoirs, Buffet Froid and Tenue de soirée) won the Grand Prix at Cannes and five Césars (French Oscars), including Best Film, Screenplay, Director and Actress. As so often with Blier, the film wittily inverts a classic romantic scenario, in this case a love triangle involving a successful businessman (Depardieu), his wife and his secretary. As one might expect, one of them is dowdy and middle-aged, the other a stunning beauty but the twist is that he s already married to the latter (César-winning Carole Bouquet), while his fling is with the much plainer Colette (Josiane Balasko). Why? An unexpected encounter with the music of Schubert convinces him that some things are just too ravishing for mere mortals like himself and in any case Colette understands him in ways that he himself has yet to fully grasp.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very interesting and captivating movie,
This review is from: Trop Belle Pour Toi [1989] [DVD] [1990] (DVD)
This is a good movie. A successfull middle/upper class businessman married to a beatiful lady falling for his working class/ bubbly secretary. The story is captivating and the question what happens next dominates the movie. Performances are very good, the music score is typical good french and the photography is typical of a movie made in Paris. If you like 80s french cinema dont miss this one. Quite a touching story too as the director manages to portray emotions very well
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An interesting film on an interesting subject,
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This review is from: Trop Belle Pour Toi [1989] [DVD] [1990] (DVD)
Perhaps I wasn't as impressed by this one as I'd expected, but it is still a film worth watching, and surely not as bad as some other reviewers have stated here. It explores attraction from a different angle, and successfully illustrates that it is not all about looks. We can see why Depardieu's character is drawn to Balasco's ordinary looking woman and the way she "gives" love (rather than just "makes" love), even when what he has at home is Bouquet's perfect -but frigid- beauty, that everybody else envies him for. It is also interesting that an affair with an ordinary woman, rather than the usual super-sexy bimbo, is not much different after all, since it is all based on the physical: as soon as they stop making love, they have nothing in common, and he's bored. This is an interesting premise, but in a way it makes you feel that the relationship he jeopardises his marriage for is doomed to end before it's started anyway, and wonder why he cannot see it. I expected a little bit more there, a somehow deeper exploration of their personalities and what drives their connection to each other. Balasco's character, for example, has hardly any aspects other than the way she approaches -longs for, takes, and gives- love and sex, which makes their relationship seem rather superficial. And it is true that sometimes it is not clear what is real and what is imagined by which of the characters, but this doesn't ruin the focus of the movie. It still captures the mechanics of bad -or rather, inadequate- relationships, the emotional needs of human nature, and the troubles of mid-life crisis very well. And yes, the music, and the characters' reactions to it, works wonderfully: I loved Depardieu's exit line -the very last line of the film itself!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the most captivating French films --Blier's best,
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This review is from: Trop Belle Pour Toi [1989] [DVD] [1990] (DVD)
A succesful Car Sales who is married toa beautiful wife falls in love with an average looking woman. This movie deals with a normal occurence every where in the world,but hey! this is French.Blier is not afraid to tear our hearts and gauge our eyes even if it pains us because he knows the viewers will not take their eyes off once the reel starts rolling.Blier is a surrrealist as he paints pictures that reall or not there at all or puts the viewer in a state of wonder.The language used is definately for adults & very much hilarious at times(buy & see the dinner party).One of the most beautiful moments for me is the Gerpadeui's son who listens to Schubert's music for a school assignment and this movie has introduced me to this beautiful music of Franz Schubert especially the Impromtus, late Piano Sonatas D958,959 & D960.Very believable main characters and the whole cast is marvellous to watch.Please ignore all the bad reviews like I did & you will be rewarded with one of the best French movies of all times.I always discover something new with each repeated viewing.My friends immernsely enjoyed watching this movie.
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