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Prix de beaut� (Miss Europe) (Beauty Prize Miss Europe) (1930)

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The French Prix de Beaute stars cult figure Louise Brooks as a nondescript typist for a Parisian newspaper. On a whim, Brooks submits her photograph to the Miss France Contest. To everyone's amazement--and her boyfriend Andre's (Georges Charlia) displeasure--she wins the contest, and is sucked into a whirlwind of photo ops and interviews at the Miss Europe contest in Spain. Here she is confronted by Andre, who angrily demands that she give up this foolishness and return home. But the lure of

Unrated, 1 hr. 33 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Classics

Directed By: Augusto Genina

Written By: Ren� Clair, Augusto Genina

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1930 Wide

On DVD: Mar 7, 2006

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Critic Reviews for Prix de beaut� (Miss Europe) (Beauty Prize Miss Europe)

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The breathtakingly lurid finale, set in a screening room, has an almost necrophilic obsessiveness.

October 31, 2007 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Michael Atkinson

Village Voice

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Miss Brooks is a lovely, unusually idiosyncratic screen presence but the film is something of an effort to sit through.

September 30, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

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Form seeks out beauty and beauty transforms form

March 15, 2010 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Although beset by a possessive lover, by showbiz exploiters and, in a remarkable funfair scene, by humanity generally, Brooks is so sheerly, dominatingly vivacious that oppression hardly seems an issue.

September 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

Not Louise Brooks's best, but it certainly shows off her considerable talents.

January 28, 2006 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

The final scene is a dizzying elegy to Brooks.

January 28, 2006 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

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You've seen the themes before in different movies, the story of a girl who wins a beauty contest but her boyfriend doesn't like her being stared at by all those men. She marries him, but misses being a star. The actors are okay, and the story is interesting, but towards the end it feels long.

October 21, 2010