Les infortunes de la beauté (1999)
Directed by John Lvoff
Genres - Drama, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Romantic Comedy |
Run Time - 81 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
This romantic comedy from France explores the misadventures of several friends looking for love and trying to define beauty. Daphne (Arielle Dombasle) is a lovely women who is nonetheless unsure about her looks, compounded by the fact that she's fallen in love with Vincent (Thibault de Montalembert), who has a policy of only dating models. Daphne's best friend Celine (Maria de Medeiros) comes up with an idea -- she'll get her pal Jacques (Jean-Philippe Ecoffey) to paint a nude portrait of Daphne. When Vincent sees the painting, he'll be more attracted to the woman who posed for it, leading him to her doorstep. But of course, it isn't quite that simple. Les Infortunes de la Beaute is dominated by Gilles Porte's largely hand-held camerawork,
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beauty [physical], friendship, love, model [fashion], painting