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Beautiful Lies

2010 · 105 min

A breezy French romantic comedy with a tangled web of white lies, offering gentle laughs and bittersweet charm.

Tagline
Love. Hard to find. Easy to fake.
Overview
A hairdresser forwards a passionate love letter to her widowed mother.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • love
  • family
  • deception
  • identity
  • parenthood
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
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
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Pierre Salvadori
Written by
Pierre Salvadori, Benoît Graffin
Starring
Audrey Tautou, Sami Bouajila, Nathalie Baye, Stéphanie Lagarde, Judith Chemla, Daniel Duval, Cécile Boland, Didier Brice
Music
Philippe Eidel
Cinematography
Gilles Henry
Runtime
105 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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