The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful
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| The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful | |
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| File:La mariée est trop belle.jpg | |
| Directed by | Pierre Gaspard-Huit |
| Written by | |
| Based on | The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful by Odette Joyeux |
| Produced by | Christine Gouze-Rénal |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Louis Page |
| Edited by | Louisette Hautecoeur |
| Music by | Norbert Glanzberg |
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| Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 2,366,799 admissions (France)[1] |
The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful (French: La mariée est trop belle) is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle and Louis Jourdan.[2] It is also known by the alternative title of Her Bridal Night.[3]
The film is based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Odette Joyeux. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Saint-Émilion in Southern France. The sets were designed by art director Jean d'Eaubonne.
Plot
[edit | edit source]A rural girl discovered by a Paris magazine becomes an urban supermodel.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Brigitte Bardot as Catherine Ravaud, aka Chouchou
- Micheline Presle as Judith Aurigault
- Louis Jourdan as Michel Bellanger
- Marcel Amont as Toni
- Jean-François Calvé as Patrice
- Roger Dumas as Marc
- Madeleine Lambert as Agnès
- Marcelle Arnold as Mme Victoire
- Colette Régis as Yvonne
- Roger Tréville as M. Designy
- Annie Roudier as La cuisinière
- Nicole Gueden as Juliette
- Dominique Boschero
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Box office information for film at Box Office Story
- ^ Phillips & Vincendeau p.129
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Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Phillips, Alastair & Vincendeau, Ginette. Journeys of Desire: European Actors in Hollywood. British Film Institute, 2006.
External links
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