Be Pretty and Shut Up!

1981 · 111 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 240 VOTES · DIR. Delphine Seyrig

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Overview

The film is a series of interviews with various well-known film actresses, including Jenny Agutter, Maria Schneider, and Jane Fonda. The title, which is borrowed from a 1958 film with the same name by Marc Allegret, refers to the sense the actresses have of what is expected of them by the film industry.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,072 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 Much more work needs to be done,
00:08:25 All those kinds of things, at that kind of level.
00:13:15 they forced me to continue. I was even beaten.
00:16:08 Joshua Logan was the director and was also my godfather.
00:25:03 What did she do for contraception?
00:36:11 In the old days, in the 40's
00:40:23 Little by little I improved the staging.
00:43:27 on a very young girl
00:48:33 The music halls accepted that. It suited them in fact.
00:53:40 The agents are men.
01:03:40 It's really strange. You must have come across this before.
01:06:51 who had already been struggling.
01:09:18 how to cut to something,
01:12:09 I've seen three episodes
01:14:57 or that other women have experienced.
01:18:07 an independent Quebec,
01:21:09 We only wanted to have the two girls.
01:24:26 So they had scenes together but the women didn't.
01:28:21 And I end up killing Annie Girardot.
01:32:10 Have you played competitive scenes?
01:36:17 One day I realised it was the first time
01:40:09 about what it meant for a whole Viennese neighbourhood
01:45:25 of what it means to be a man. You have to be strong and all that.
01:50:21 Otherwise, there won't be a planet.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,072
Dialogue density9.7 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:50:21

Production Record

DirectorDelphine Seyrig
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes240

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