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Clara becomes a secretary who must cater to all the desires of the womanizing writer Jérôme, while he tries to write his memoirs.Read More »
Brigitte Bardot
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Jean Aurel – Les femmes AKA The Vixen (1969)
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Nina Companeez – L’histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot Trousse-Chemise AKA The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot (1973)
ComedyFranceNina CompaneezSynopsis
Colinot is a young, happy man, until the day three highway robbers abduct his fiancee. The search for her leads him to meet so many young, pretty, sexy girls – that when he finally encounters his fiancee, he is no longer sure he loves her.
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Olivier Nicklaus – Vadim Mister Cool (2016) (DVD)
2011-2020DocumentaryFranceOlivier NicklausVADİM MİSTER COOL
With his most recent documentary, Vadim Mister Cool (2016), Parisian writer/director Olivier Nicklaus examines the life and career of another Parisian writer/director, the notorious Roger Vadim. His films were groundbreaking for their depiction of sensuality on the screen, eventually making him a pioneer of the French New Wave. However, Vadim’s work was often held back by his personal life. In his lifetime, Vadim was involved with some of the most beautiful and glamorous women in movie history. This reputation as a ladies’ man, combined with his films, made Vadim the male embodiment of the hedonism of 1960s Europe.Read More » -
Jean Aurel – Les Femmes aka The Vixen (1969)
1961-1970ComedyEroticaFranceJean AurelPlot Outline: Clara becomes a secretary who must cater to all the desires of the womanizing writer Jérôme, while he tries to write his memoirs.Read More »
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Christian-Jaque – Babette s’en va-t-en guerre AKA Babette Goes to War (1959)
1951-1960Christian-JaqueComedyFranceIt is June 1940. France has fallen and the Germans are posed to invade England. In this desperate hour, British Intelligence has recruited Babette, a pea-brained young woman who has just been evacuated from France. The dim blonde bears a striking resemblance to a former mistress of General von Arenberg, the man responsible for the feared invasion. The plan is that she will use her womanly charms to lure the General into an ambush. Things soon go wrong when Babette is separated from her handsome associate, Gérard de Crécy, and ends up in the hands of the infamous Gestapo chief Shultz. Coincidentally, the latter also wants to have von Arenberg out of the way, and realises that Babette is just the woman he needs…Read More »
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Jean-Luc Godard – Le Mépris AKA Contempt (1963)
1961-1970ArthouseDramaFranceJean-Luc GodardOn Capri, an Italian crew makes a German film of Homer’s Odyssey; Fritz Lang directs with American money. Prokosch, the producer, with his sneer and red Alfa, holds art films in contempt and hires writer Javal to help Lang commercialize the picture. Against this backdrop, we watch the breakup of Javal’s marriage to Camille, a young former typist. It opens with the couple talking in bed, she asking assurance that he finds her attractive. Later that day he introduces her to Prokosch, and, unawares, blunders unforgivably. The rest of the film portrays her, in their apartment and in public, expressing her hurt and change of heart and his slow grasp of the source of her contempt.Read More »