The Beautiful Person
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| French | La Belle Personne |
| Directed by | Christophe Honoré |
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| Based on | La Princesse de Clèves by Madame de La Fayette |
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| Cinematography | Laurent Brunet |
| Edited by | Chantal Hymans |
| Music by | Alex Beaupain |
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| Distributed by | Le Pacte |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $748,217 |
The Beautiful Person (French: La Belle Personne) is a 2008 French teen comedy-drama film directed by Christophe Honoré from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gilles Taurand. It is a modernised adaptation of the 1678 French novel La Princesse de Clèves. Honoré was inspired to make the film after then-French president Nicolas Sarkozy repeatedly criticised the book as irrelevant in regard to modern life.
Originally intended as a television film, The Beautiful Person aired on Arte on 12 September 2008, ahead of its theatrical release in France on 17 September.