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Directed by Julien Duvivier Music by Jean Wiener
José Rocca Director Julien Duvivier Music director Jean Wiener, José Rocca | 5.3/10 IMDb Starring Brigitte Bardot Initial release 13 February 1959 (Paris) Language French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Christine Gouze-Rénal
Fred Surin Written by Julien Duvivier
Albert Valentin
Jean Aurenche
Screenplay
Marcel Achard
Dialogues Based on La Femme et le pantin
by Pierre Louÿs Screenplay Julien Duvivier, Marcel Achard, Albert Valentin, Jean Aurenche Cast Brigitte Bardot, António Vilar, Darío Moreno, Lila Kedrova, Daniel Ivernel Similar Love Is My Profession, The Night Heaven Fell, Come Dance with Me, Love on a Pillow, La Parisienne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Female (French: La Femme et le Pantin, Italian: Femmina) is a 1959 French-Italian drama film directed by Julien Duvivier. It is the third adaptation of the novel La Femme et le pantin by Pierre Louÿs.
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Plot
Mateo Diaz is a wealthy gentleman who loves and respects his wife but doesn't find her attractive any longer because she is paralysed. He already has a certain reputation among women. Accordingly he doesn't hesitate to get close to Eva Marchand as soon as he has realised her beauty. But to his surprise she can't be bothered to show any appreciation for his advances. He begins trying to explain and justify his way of life and his interest in her. The more he tries, the harder she makes it on him. Eventually he is so humiliated that even his walk shows he is a broken man and that is the end of story.
Cast
Production
Brigitte Bardot writes in her autobiography that the crew used to call the director "Dudu" but despite that, their rapport wasn't always perfect during the making of this film. She also stresses how the shooting in Sevilla during the Seville Fair became a hardship because of the heat.