Josiane Balasko in Trop belle pour toi (1989)

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Trop belle pour toi (1989) is one of those incomprehensible French love stories, starring, naturally, Gérard Depardieu. It translates Too Beautiful for You. Depardieu is a successful BMW dealer, and married to the rich, beautiful and popular Carole Bouquet. Then Josiane Balasko comes to work for him as a temp. She is dumpy, but he is drawn irresistibly to her, and the two have an affair. He eventually breaks it off, but Bouquet dumps him. The end. It is not the plot elements that are hard to understand, but rather the point of the film. Much of the dialogue is delivered to the fourth wall, and nothing much remarkable happens. When the film ended, the question in my mind was, "and?"

Even though it won best picture in France, I can't give it more than a C. If you like French love stories, you might like this one.

Nudity Report: Balasko shows a breast when Bouquet pulls her sheet away.

Critics Vote: The film won 5 major César Awards, and Grand Prize of the Jury of Cannes. For a positive view of the film, you might want to try Ebert, who awarded 3 1/2 stars.

IMDb Summary: IMDb readers have this at 6.9 of 10.


Written by: Tuna …courtesy of Scoopy.net