Les Infortunes de la beauté (1999)
Overview
This romantic comedy from France explores the misadventures of several friends looking for love and trying to define beauty. Daphne is a lovely women who is nonetheless unsure about her looks, compounded by the fact that she's fallen in love with Vincent, who has a policy of only dating models. Daphne's best friend Celine comes up with an idea -- she'll get her pal Jacques to paint a nude portrait of Daphne. When Vincent sees the painting, he'll be more attracted to the woman who posed for it, leading him to her doorstep. But of course, it isn't quite that simple.
Cast
Arielle Dombasle
Daphné
Maria de Medeiros
Céline
Thibault de Montalembert
Vincent
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Jacques
Frédéric Beigbeder
Luc
Leonor Varela
Annabella
Gaëla Le Devehat
Juliette
Pascal Bonitzer
Le detective
Paulo Branco
Le gardien
Pascale Lafay
Beatrice
