Too Beautiful for You

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Too Beautiful for You ★★ Trop Belle pour Toi 1988 (R)

A successful car salesman, married for years to an extraordinarily beautiful woman, finds himself head over heels for his frumpy secretary. Depardieu plays the regular guy who finds he's never believed in the love and fidelity of a woman he thinks is too beautiful for him. In French with English subtitles. 91m/ C VHS, DVD . FR Gerard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet, Roland Blanche, Francois Cluzet; D: Bertrand Blier; W: Bertrand Blier; C: Philippe Rousselot. Cannes ‘89: Grand Jury Prize; Cesar ‘90: Actress (Bouquet), Director (Blier), Film, Writing.