Dir. Roger Vadim · Starring Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Curd Jürgens, Jane Marken, Jean Tissier, Isabelle Corey · Music Paul Misraki
“...but the devil invented Brigitte Bardot!”
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18-year-old orphan Juliette's unbridled appetite for pleasure shakes up all of St Tropez; her sweet but naïve husband Michel endures beatings, insults, and mambo in his futile attempts to tame her wild ways.
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A sun-drenched, bohemian haze of unbridled desire and melancholic longing. This film feels like a stolen summer romance, charged with a potent, almost dangerous sensuality that lingers long after the credits roll.
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