The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful

The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful
Directed by	Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Written by	Philippe Agostini Juliette Saint-Giniez
Based on	The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful by Odette Joyeux
Produced by	Christine Gouze-Rénal
Starring	Brigitte Bardot Micheline Presle Louis Jourdan
Cinematography	Louis Page
Edited by	Louisette Hautecoeur
Music by	Norbert Glanzberg
Production companies	Generale de Films Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
Distributed by	Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date	26 October 1956 (1956-10-26)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	2,366,799 admissions (France)1

The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful (French: La mariée est trop belle) is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle and Louis Jourdan.² It is also known by the alternative title of Her Bridal Night.³⁴

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, with costumes by Pierre Balmain.

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

• Brigitte Bardot as Catherine Ravaud, aka Chouchou
• Micheline Presle as Judith Aurigault
• Louis Jourdan as Michel Bellanger
• Marcel Amont as Toni
• Jean-François Calvé as Patrice
• Roger Dumas as Marc
• Madeleine Lambert as Agnès
• Marcelle Arnold as Mme Victoire
• Colette Régis as Yvonne
• Roger Tréville as M. Designy
• Annie Roudier as La cuisinière
• Nicole Gueden as Juliette
• Dominique Boschero

Variety wrote "Possessed of a pouting pigeon personality, she [Bardot] does not seem up to dishing out either the beauteous firebrands or the wavering virgins. She appears to have been pushed too fast for her real thespic talents."⁵