Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981 · 111 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 240 VOTES · DIR. Delphine Seyrig
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
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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
Delphine Seyrig
Self - Interviewer
Jill Clayburgh
Self
Marie Dubois
Self
Delia Salvi
Self
Juliet Berto
Self
Patti D'Arbanville
Self
Maidie Norman
Self
Louise Fletcher
Self
Jane Fonda
Self
Cindy Williams
Self
Rita Renoir
Self
Jenny Agutter
Self
Luce Guilbeault
Self
Shirley MacLaine
Self (archive footage)
Anne Wiazemsky
Self
Rose Gregorio
Self
Maria Schneider
Self
Viva
Self
Candy Clark
Self
Barbara Steele
Self
Millie Perkins
Self
Mallory Millet-Jones
Self
Susan Tyrrell
Self
Ellen Burstyn
Self
Simone de Beauvoir
Self (voice) (archive footage)
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
Factoids
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