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Be Beautiful and Shut Up

1958 · 110 min

A breezy, affectionate caper that mixes romance and light crime with a playful, old-fashioned charm.

Directed by
Marc Allégret
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Starring
Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot, Béatrice Altariba
Overview
A beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up with a gang of jewel smugglers, and decides on a life of crime. However, she falls for and marries a policeman, putting a crimp in her criminal career.

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Directed by
Marc Allégret
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Starring
Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot, Béatrice Altariba
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • crime
  • identity
  • redemption
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime
Directed by
Marc Allégret
Written by
Gabriel Arout, Jean Marsan, Marc Allégret
Starring
Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot, Béatrice Altariba, René Lefèvre, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anne Collette, Robert Dalban, François Darbon
Music
Jean Wiener
Cinematography
Armand Thirard
Runtime
110 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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