The Beautiful Person (2008)
La belle personne
97 min
In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie transfers to a different high school. Though Junie lives mostly inside her own head, her beauty and stoicism win her the attention of the entire male student population. Junie begins dating the gentle Otto Cleves, but finds herself intensely drawn to her youthful Italian language teacher, Nemours. When Nemours begins to reciprocate, serious complications ensue.
- Release date
- September 17, 2008
- Country of origin
- France
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Cast
- Léa Seydoux as Junie
- Louis Garrel as Nemours
- Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet as Otto
- Simon Truxillo as Henri
- Agathe Bonitzer as Marie
- Jean-Michel Portal as Estouteville
- Jacob Lyon as Jacob
- Chantal Neuwirth as Nicole
- Anaïs Demoustier as Catherine
- Esteban Carvajal-Alegria as Matthias
- Esther Garrel as Esther
- Alice Butaud as The Russian teacher
- Dominic Gould as The English teacher
- Clotilde Hesme as The documentalist
- Chiara Mastroianni as The young woman in the cafe
- Julien Honoré
- Nans Laborde-Jourdàa
- Chantal Hymans
- Valérie Lang as Florence Perrin
Crew
- Christophe Honoré · Director
- Christophe Honoré · Writer
- Gilles Taurand · Writer
- Madame de La Fayette · Writer
- Sophie Barrat · Producer
- Florence Dormoy · Producer
- Joëy Faré · Producer
- Alex Beaupain · Composer
- Laurent Brunet · Cinematographer
- Chantal Hymans · Editor
- Richard Rousseau · Casting director
- Samuel Deshors · Production designer