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Les Infortunes de la beauté (1999)

Directed by John Lvoff

Overview

This romantic comedy from France explores the misadventures of several friends looking for love and trying to define beauty. Daphne is a lovely women who is nonetheless unsure about her looks, compounded by the fact that she’s fallen in love with Vincent, who has a policy of only dating models. Daphne’s best friend Celine comes up with an idea—she’ll get her pal Jacques 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.

Length 81 minutes

Actors

Arielle Dombasle | Maria de Medeiros | Thibault de Montalembert | Jean-Philippe Écoffey | Frédéric Beigbeder | Leonor Varela