Juliette is nicer with or without make-up???

I thought the make-up was horrible and she looked much better without it.

Without make-up! However, I suspect the heavy make-up and unusual hair style was done to provide sufficient contrast for the scene where she comes out of the shower without make-up and with wet hair.....stunning! I've noticed how almost every director who works with Julliet Binoche can't resist doing long close up shots of her. I know I couldn't resist. She is so striking.



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I just know your all going to jump on me for saying this, but here goes!

Its the movies dammit! Most every scene she is going to have make-up! Its the way she's made-up!

Just want to add one thing to this Board: yossarian100 is right. The contrast with and without make-up is intentional. In fact, it's a visual way to express two simple plot points. First (as the last of the Assyrians noted), Felix' sudden and unguarded interest in the stranger he'd wanted to query about why women leave men; and, at the end, to reflect Rose's evolving sense of her self. The scene in the hotel kitchen is pivotal. She says something like, "First time in my life no one knows where I am, I feel..." and Felix says, "Brand new..."

Without! She has natural beauty which is hidden when she wears all that makeup.

I agree with the original poster. I really appreciated the way she looked during the first half of the film. I like women being stylish and all made up, from head to foot.
I don't think there's such a thing as natural beauty. Everything is achieved by applying make-up, more or less. Sometimes those women who want to look "natural" use even more of it than those who look more "artificial".

I think she looks much better without makeup

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I liked her from the start, but when she got all that make-up off she was... stunning. Really.