Beauties at War

Jan 14, 2009

1h 29m

★ 5.0

Overview

A ski resort town struggles to become the top tourism spot.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Gaumont

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Cast

Franck Chevrel

Benoît Poelvoorde

Cécile

Olivia Bonamy

Le maire de Charmoussey

Jacques Mathou

Le maire de Super Charmoussey

Christian Charmetant

Femme maire Charmoussey

Béatrice Michel

Femme maire Super Charmoussey

Michèle Garcia

Camille

Cynthia Groggia

Père du maire Super Charmoussey

Albert Delpy

Gaby (le coiffeur)

Laurent Gamelon

Le présentateur

Jean-Paul Comart

Gérard patron du café

Antoine Chappey

Jeanine, la patronne du café

Juliette Poissonnier

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.

3.5

Dance with the Jackals 7

Dec 6, 2024

A group of hapless friends stumble into a plot involving mobsters, bounty hunters, beauty queens, and stolen jewels.

6.5

Miss Congeniality

Dec 22, 2000

When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.

6.0

Miss and Mrs Sweden

Dec 21, 1969

To increase sales of the magazine Veckohatten, the management decides to invest heavily in the beauty contest Miss Sweden. A communist cell is planning to sabotage the competition, because it is sexist.

6.8

Dumplin'

Dec 20, 2018

To prove a point about measuring up and fitting in, Texas teen Willowdean “Dumplin’” Dickson enters a local pageant run by her ex-beauty queen mom.

5.8

Smile

Jul 9, 1975

It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant. But Brenda is having marital difficulties and Bob's son is up to some mischief. Could this year's pageant be in jeopardy?

5.6

Miss Firecracker

Apr 28, 1989

Carnelle Scott is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a beauty pageant, which her cousin had won years before. Despite a lack of support from those close to her Carnelle remains determined. She enlists the help of a seamstress to outfit her for the competition, while rebuffing the advances of predatory men, as she aims to bring home the crown.

5.6

Carry On Girls

Nov 9, 1973

Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.

5.9

Franswa Sharl

Jan 15, 2009

Keeping the position of number one son requires a certain amount of ingenuity. Twelve year old Greg has inherited his father's competitive streak. On a family holiday to Fiji they have different ideas about where Greg should focus his talents. When his creative pursuits fail to amuse his father Greg goes to bizarre lengths to win him back.

5.8

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Oct 25, 1951

Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.

0.0

Le ambiziose

Feb 1, 1961

Thirty girls arrive in a seaside town to participate in a beauty contest. Marina has no ambitions of victory: she only wants to have the sewing machine promised to each participant.

5.7

Miss India America

Mar 24, 2016

Lily is a winner, but when her boyfriend leaves her for a vapid beauty pageant queen, she gets the notion that winning the Miss India America title would bring him back. Since Lily is perfect in everything else she does, it should be a cinch...or so she thinks. The pageant world isn't just pretty smiles and high heels, and her main competition, Sonia, gives her a run for her money.

6.0

Miss Arizona

Jun 10, 2018

A former pageant queen embarks on an all-night adventure with four unlikely friends she meets at a women's shelter.

6.2

Plucking the Daisy

Jul 25, 1956

Due to an urgent need of money, aspiring writer Agnes participates in an amateur striptease contest. Her new boyfriend, Daniel, who is a reporter by profession, covers the contest for his magazine.

0.0

Absolute Crisis

Jul 10, 2017

A police officer and her partner goes undercover at a beauty pageant in order to catch a terrorist

6.4

Misbehaviour

Mar 12, 2020

A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulting in overnight fame for the newly-formed organization. When the show resumed, the results caused an uproar and turned the Western ideal of beauty on its head.

5.8

Miss Blue Jeans

Aug 3, 2012

Year 1977. Punk and new wave rock'n roll has arrived to remote Finland and a bleak small town Oulu where increasingly odd-looking youths began to appear in the street with a message. Their rebellion speaks to Välde (17). Välde dreams of joining a rock band and becoming famous. He wants to get drunk for the first time, and to win the love of Pike, the most beautiful girl in the class. When Pike wins the Miss Blue Jeans contest organised by the country´s leading (and only) pop music magazine Suosikki and takes as her boyfriend the bourgeois Henri Hakala, Välde puts all his eggs in one basket. He abandons his former self and begins purposefully constructing a new persona for himself. But everything doesn’t go as Välde wanted … The film is based on a novel by Kauko Röyhkä, an author and indie rock musician.

0.0

Space Case

Jan 1, 2021

Space Case follows Bobbie Almond, a social outcast who has dreams to escape her small town life. She has a ticket to Mars! But when Bobbie's ticket to a new life gets stolen by her super Preppy sister, she's forced down a road of conformity, to be a part of the town's Beauty pageant! Will she conform? Or will she bail and follow her dreams!

5.6

The Case of the Lucky Legs

Oct 5, 1935

A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.

Cast

Franck Chevrel

Benoît Poelvoorde

Cécile

Olivia Bonamy

Le maire de Charmoussey

Jacques Mathou

Le maire de Super Charmoussey

Christian Charmetant

Femme maire Charmoussey

Béatrice Michel

Femme maire Super Charmoussey

Michèle Garcia

Camille

Cynthia Groggia

Père du maire Super Charmoussey

Albert Delpy

Gaby (le coiffeur)

Laurent Gamelon

Le présentateur

Jean-Paul Comart

Gérard patron du café

Antoine Chappey

Jeanine, la patronne du café

Beauties at War

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

Beauties at War Trailers

Cast

Benoît Poelvoorde

Olivia Bonamy

Jacques Mathou

Christian Charmetant

Béatrice Michel

Michèle Garcia

Cynthia Groggia

Albert Delpy

Laurent Gamelon

Jean-Paul Comart

Antoine Chappey

Juliette Poissonnier

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Happy, Texas

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Dance with the Jackals 7

Miss Congeniality

Miss and Mrs Sweden

Dumplin'

Smile

Miss Firecracker

Carry On Girls

Franswa Sharl

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Le ambiziose

Miss India America

Miss Arizona

Plucking the Daisy

Absolute Crisis

Misbehaviour

Miss Blue Jeans

Space Case

The Case of the Lucky Legs

Cast

Benoît Poelvoorde

Olivia Bonamy

Jacques Mathou

Christian Charmetant

Béatrice Michel

Michèle Garcia

Cynthia Groggia

Albert Delpy

Laurent Gamelon

Jean-Paul Comart

Antoine Chappey

Juliette Poissonnier

Beauties at War Trailers