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| Director: | Roger Vadim |
| Studio: | Criterion Collection, The |
| Writer: | Timur Nurulin |
| Rating: | 3.5 (32 votes) |
| Rated: | PG |
| Date Added: | 2009-11-01 |
| ASIN: | 0780023110 |
| UPC: | 9780780023116 |
| Price: | $29.95 |
| Genre: | Art House & International |
| Release: | 2000-11-21 |
| IMDb: | 1436377 |
| Duration: | 92 |
| Picture Format: | Anamorphic Widescreen |
| Aspect Ratio: | 2.35:1 |
| Sound: | Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono |
| Languages: | French |
| Subtitles: | English |
Summary: Roger Vadim's directorial debut is more titillation than continental cool, but it broke box-office records and censorship taboos in its teasing display of sex and eroticism in the sunny vacation playground of the Saint-Tropez seashore. Vadim ushered in the era of continental attitudes toward sex and christened the voluptuous Brigitte Bardot (his wife) the world's original sex kitten: earthy, innocent, and all fleshy curves. Bardot is Juliette, a pouty child-woman orphan prone to nude sunbathing and playful flirting. Though pursued by a rich widower (Curt Jurgens) and attracted to the brawny fisherman Antoine (Christian Marquand), she marries Antoine's shy younger brother Michel (Jean-Louis Trintignant), an earnest, innocent kid hardly older than she but far less worldly. Despite her sincere efforts to "be good," Juliette gives in to Michel's advances, setting off a chain of events that ends in fraternal conflict. Vadim keeps the display of skin this side of an R rating, but only barely, teasing the male audience with skimpy outfits, barely concealing sheets, and often conveniently arranged scenery. Bohemian Bardot frolics through the film with nary a self-conscious moment, culminating in a passionate mambo, her pent-up frustration and sexual confusion exploding in a mad dance as bongos pound away on the soundtrack. Who needed Viagra in the '50s when Bardot was around? "--Sean Axmaker"
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