Themes: Infidelity, Love Triangles, Workplace Romance
Main Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet, Roland Blanche, François Cluzet
Release Year: 1989
Country: FR
Run Time: 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Bertrand Blier's films have explored the sometimes misogynistic sexuality of younger men, but here he offers an absorbing, funny, and moving take on a middle-aged man's adulterous affair. Gerard Depardieu stars as Bernard, an affluent car dealer who finds himself in the grip of a violent passion for his new secretary, a rather plain-looking, middle-aged woman played by Josiane Balasko. Seemingly a happily married man with a beautiful wife (Carole Bouquet) and children, he can't understand what is happening as his life is turned upside down. While it may seem that Blier simply enjoys tweaking convention, he's clearly after far more than laughs given the tenderness he finds in the scenes between the adulterous lovers. Bernard's age has suddenly made him more vulnerable, a state of emotion that he realizes Colette grasps intuitively. Depardieu and French comedienne Balasko make a completely believable couple, and the photography of the great Philippe Rousselot is stunning. ~ Michael Costello, All Movie Guide
Didier Benureau - Leonce; Myriam Boyer - Genevieve; Sylvie Orcier - Marie-Catherine; Stephano Auberghen - Paula; Denise Chalem - Lorene; Jean-Louis Cordina - Gaby; Jean-Paul Farré - Pianist; Philippe Faure - Colette's Husband; Flavien Lebarbe - Son; Francois Loffredo - Tanguy; Juana Marques - Daughter; Sylvie Simon - Receptionist; Richard Martin - Man on the Tram
Credit
Margot Capelier - Casting, Michele Mermande-Cerf - Costume Designer, Yves Saint Laurent - Costume Designer, Bertrand Blier - Director, Claudine Merlin - Editor, Francis Lai - Songwriter, Joel Lavau - Makeup, Théo Meurisse - Production Designer, Michel Lagrange - Production Designer, Martine Faure - Production Designer, Philippe Rousselot - Cinematographer, Paul Bertault - Sound/Sound Designer, Louis Gimel - Sound/Sound Designer, Bertrand Blier - Screenwriter, Gilles Loutfi - Production Director, Bertrand Blier - Production Director, Bernard Marescot - Production Director, Valérie Blier - Still Photographer, Franz Schubert - Featured Music, Luc Goldenberg - Assistant Director
Too Beautiful for You (French: Trop belle pour toi) is a 1989 Frenchcomedy/dramafilm in which Bernard (Gérard Depardieu), well established BMW car dealer in the South of France, is cheating on his beautiful wife (Carole Bouquet) with his ordinary looking temporary secretary (Josiane Balasko).
