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The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

1951 · 110 min

A light, talky French comedy of manners that gently skewers vanity and class with a rigged contest and a swirl of romantic entanglements.

Directed by
Christian Stengel
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Nadine Alari, Françoise Arnoul, Paul Bernard
Overview
In order to please Martineau, a wealthy industrialist, cynical Gabory accepts to organize a rigged beauty contest whose winner will be Françoise, Martineau's young mistress. However, there are other comely contestants among whom Christiane, the daughter of a general, Jackie, an unemployed actress, Colette, the daughter of a distiller and Marie, a secretary engaged to serious-minded construction foreman Robert. So, will things turn out exactly the way Martineau and Gabory want them...?

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Directed by
Christian Stengel
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Nadine Alari, Françoise Arnoul, Paul Bernard
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • class
  • love
  • ambition
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Christian Stengel
Starring
Nadine Alari, Françoise Arnoul, Paul Bernard, Claude Borelli, Marc Cassot, Jacques Castelot, Henri Crémieux, Nicole Francis
Runtime
110 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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