I Watch Films: La Mariée Est Trop Belle
La mariée est trop belle (The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful) (1956) On a photo shoot in the French Countryside, fashion photographers for magazine Love Of Life (L’amour de vie) come across Catherine (Brigitte Bardot) and recruit her as a model (because she looks like Brigitte Bardot). Giving her the name Chouchou she becomes an instant star, and Judith, in charge of the magazine, creates stories about her. She pairs Chouchou with male model Patrice and takes pictures of them together doing various things. Chouchou remains virtuous in Paris, her favourite evening activity being to go to bed with coffee and bread and jam (?). Eventually Judith decides to marry Chouchou and Patrice in a big event in her home town. However Patrice realises he’s in love and runs away. Instead Michel (Louis Jordan) Judith’s lover and editor of the magazine steps in. The twos feelings for each other emerge, only for Judith to arrive with news that her estranged husband has agreed to a divorce and s...
