The Ultimately Perfectly Delicious Confection

A light, charming, cheeky comedy with a lot of sass.

much more than showing off BB's sex-appeal

car chase, scene between Motorcycle Officer and Brigitte Marnier.

Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris 8, Paris, France

Brigitte Bardot in ...And God Created Woman (1956)

Brigitte Bardot in Come Dance with Me! (1959)

Brigitte Bardot and Louis Jourdan in The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful (1956)

Brigitte Bardot in Babette Goes to War (1959)

Brigitte Bardot and Stephen Boyd in The Night Heaven Fell (1958)

Brigitte Laurier, like the president of the council.

That's still no reason to run a red light.

Please hurry, Officer. I'm running after the man I love.

Don't ever run after a man. That's a sure way to lose him.

Brigitte Bardot and Henri Vidal in The Parisian (1957)

Brigitte Bardot and Charles Boyer in The Parisian (1957)

Charles Boyer

Henri Vidal

Brigitte Bardot

Annette Wademant

Jean Aurel

Jacques Emmanuel

Set against the picturesque springtime in Paris, the Prime Minister of France&apos;s daughter marries a buttoned down cabinet official, but after her new husband starts stepping out behind her back, the young bride takes off for the Ri...

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Une parisienne

Ooh la la

Male fantasy is turned up to 11 in this one. It&apos;s a sex farce that I confess to enjoying, despite the silliness and objectification, because dear god it&apos;s 1957, Brigitte Bardot is 23, and the film has such a fun French playfulness to it. 

As you might guess, the film revolves around Bardot, and she is in so many scenes designed to titillate that it&apos;s comical. Let&apos;s see, there&apos;s the buxom, lusty secretary wearing a tight sweater, the girl sneaking up to a hotel to start an affair with no strings attached, the bride taking off her gown and walking around in lingerie, and the disinterested woman who can be aroused to passion with kisses on the back of the neck. She&apos;s also in a low cut red evening dress, trying to seduce another man into an affair by getting down on her hands and knees, later takes a bath, lifting her legs skyward out of the tub, runs around in a towel, and presents breakfast in bed in a shirt and apron. The object of her affections is played by Henri Vidal, and the man she pursues to make him jealous is 58-year-old Charles Boyer. He jets her off to Nice for a swim, so we see her emerging from the sea in a bikini, then dancing seductively with him in a small café. 

Bardot is gorgeous and immortalized in this movie, even if it is over-the-top. I might have liked it even more for going all the way in its over-the-top-ness, if that makes any sense. There are countless shots which are just fantastic, including one in front of a set of mirrors, reminiscent of Marilyn Monroe in &apos;How to Marry a Millionaire&quot;. I did like the open acknowledgment of affairs, which is so very French, but how the film points out they have to be conducted in the right way, with sensitivity and decorum, and the jealousy that even then may arise. It&apos;s not high art, and it&apos;s definitely not politically correct, but ooh la la, this one is a guilty pleasure.

Male fantasy is turned up to 11 in this one. It's a sex farce that I confess to enjoying, despite the silliness and objectification, because dear god it's 1957, Brigitte Bardot is 23, and the film has such a fun French playfulness to it. 

As you might guess, the film revolves around Bardot, and she is in so many scenes designed to titillate that it's comical. Let's see, there's the buxom, lusty secretary wearing a tight sweater, the girl sneaking up to a hotel to start an affair with no strings attached, the bride taking off her gown and walking around in lingerie, and the disinterested woman who can be aroused to passion with kisses on the back of the neck. She's also in a low cut red evening dress, trying to seduce another man into an affair by getting down on her hands and knees, later takes a bath, lifting her legs skyward out of the tub, runs around in a towel, and presents breakfast in bed in a shirt and apron. The object of her affections is played by Henri Vidal, and the man she pursues to make him jealous is 58-year-old Charles Boyer. He jets her off to Nice for a swim, so we see her emerging from the sea in a bikini, then dancing seductively with him in a small café. 

Bardot is gorgeous and immortalized in this movie, even if it is over-the-top. I might have liked it even more for going all the way in its over-the-top-ness, if that makes any sense. There are countless shots which are just fantastic, including one in front of a set of mirrors, reminiscent of Marilyn Monroe in 'How to Marry a Millionaire". I did like the open acknowledgment of affairs, which is so very French, but how the film points out they have to be conducted in the right way, with sensitivity and decorum, and the jealousy that even then may arise. It's not high art, and it's definitely not politically correct, but ooh la la, this one is a guilty pleasure.

Set against the picturesque springtime in Paris, the Prime Minister of France's daughter marries a buttoned down cabinet official, but after her new husband starts stepping out behind her back, the young bride takes off for the Riviera.

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