2008 · drama · comedy · coming-of-age
The Beautiful Person
Directed by Christophe Honoré1h 37m2008
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.
Our read: The Beautiful Person (2008) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama · comedy · coming-of-age entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Neutral, measured, gentle drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- measured
- gentle
- cold
- intimate
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