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92 minutes
France (1956)
18
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AND GOD CREATED WOMAN FILM REVIEW |
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And the Devil created Brigitte Bardot, according to the producers of this lightweight vehicle, for the charms of its famous blonde seductress
Before every new, attractive French actress was labelled The New Bardot, there was the real Bardot, and with And God Created Woman she began her rise towards becoming France's greatest sex symbol.
The film's minimal plot centres on Bardot's 18-year-old Juliette, whose flings have caused controversy in her village. Let down by her partner Antoine (Marquand), who promised to move away with her, Juliette nonetheless marries his younger brother and they all wind up living in the same house. But Juliette's admirers, including her rich, older lover Eric Carradine (Jürgens) begin to cause trouble for her.
Director Roger Vadim's marriage to Bardot at the time obviously helped him in conveying her sensuality, but at the expense of any plot. Were it not for Bardot, there would have been nothing to fill the widescreen composition here, and even she is hardly stretched to any acting. But by capturing Bardot's charm on camera, Vadim makes the audience as complicit in her seductive appeal as the men who fawn over her in the film, culminating in her famous impassioned and un-self-conscious mambo-dancing scene.
Verdict
Although this was far from her first film, and hardly scandalous by today's standards, And God Created Woman cemented Bardot's appeal, leaving box office records and movie taboos shattered in its path.
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