The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful


The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle and Louis Jourdan. It is also known by the alternative title of Her Bridal Night.
The film is based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Odette Joyeux. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Saint-Émilion in Southern France. The sets were designed by art director Jean d'Eaubonne.

Plot

A rural girl discovered by a Paris magazine becomes an urban supermodel.

Cast

Variety wrote "Possessed of a pouting pigeon personality, she does not seem up to dishing out either the beauteous firebrands or the waver¬ ing virgins. She appears to have been pushed too fast for her real thespic talents."