Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- melancholic
- wistful
- intimate
- quiet evening
- arthouse movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly recognized an intelligent, stylish adaptation with strong performances and emotional restraint, while finding its romantic drama uneven.
What sets it apart
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Junie is sixteen while Nemours is her Italian teacher, making their passion inseparable from an unequal teacher-student dynamic.
Junie denies her feelings and refuses happiness because she regards romantic fulfillment as illusory.
Junie's new high school class structures the network of friendships, flirtations, rivalries, and adult authority surrounding her.
The adaptation frames Junie's relationships through mourning, existential crisis, and the belief that love cannot provide lasting happiness.
Films like The Beautiful Person, and why
A Summer's Tale
French literary romance, adolescent desire, emotional restraint, and an age-imbalanced relationship
Water Lilies
Intimate French coming-of-age drama centered on romantic uncertainty, jealousy, and self-denial
The Last Days of Disco
Stylized adolescent romance exploring mourning, sexuality, and conflicted desire
Movie Details
- Director
- Christophe Honoré
- Release Date
- 2008-09-17
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (237)
Cast
- Léa Seydoux
- Louis Garrel
- Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
- Simon Truxillo
- Agathe Bonitzer
- Jean-Michel Portal
- Valérie Lang
- Jacob Lyon
- Martin Siméon
- Chantal Neuwirth
Common questions
- What is The Beautiful Person about?
- A grieving teenager enters a charged web of school romances and confronts a forbidden passion she believes can only end in disappointment.
- What is The Beautiful Person like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Beautiful Person as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Beautiful Person violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Beautiful Person.
- What did critics think of The Beautiful Person?
- Critics broadly recognized an intelligent, stylish adaptation with strong performances and emotional restraint, while finding its romantic drama uneven.
- Which films are like The Beautiful Person?
- Films with a similar feel include A Summer's Tale, Water Lilies, and The Last Days of Disco.
- How long is The Beautiful Person?
- The Beautiful Person runs 97 minutes.
