The Female (French: La femme et le pantin, lit. 'The Woman and the Puppet', Italian: Femmina), released in the United Kingdom and the Philippines as A Woman Like Satan, is a 1959 French-Italian drama film directed by Julien Duvivier. It is the fourth film adaptation of the novel La femme et le pantin by Pierre Louÿs.
| La femme et le pantin / Femmina | |
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| Directed by | Julien Duvivier |
| Written by | Julien Duvivier Albert Valentin Jean Aurenche Screenplay Marcel Achard Dialogues |
| Based on | La Femme et le pantin[1] by Pierre Louÿs |
| Produced by | Christine Gouze-Rénal Fred Surin |
| Starring | Brigitte Bardot |
| Cinematography | Roger Hubert |
| Edited by | Jacqueline Sadoul |
| Music by | Jean Wiener José Rocca |
Release dates |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 2,453,892 admissions (France)[2] |
Plot
editMateo Diaz is a wealthy gentleman who loves and respects his wife but no longer finds her attractive because she is paralysed. He pursues Eva Marchand but she does not respond to his advances.
Cast
edit- Brigitte Bardot – Éva Marchand
- António Vilar – Don Mateo Diaz
- Lila Kedrova – Manuela
- Daniel Ivernel – Berthier
- Darío Moreno – Arbadajian
- Jacques Mauclair – Stanislas Marchand
- Jess Hahn – Sidney
Production
editBrigitte Bardot wrote in her autobiography that although the crew would call director Julien Duvivier "Dudu," the set was not harmonious. She also described the difficulty of filming in the heat of Seville during the Seville Fair.[3]
See also
edit- The Woman and the Puppet (1920)
- The Woman and the Puppet (1929)
- The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
- That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
References
edit- ^ "La Femme et le pantin von Pierre Louÿs (e-book download)". Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ^ Box office information for film at Box office story
- ^ Extrait de ses mémoires, Initiales BB, Éditions Grasset, Paris, 1996, ISBN 2-246-52601-9
External links
edit- The Female at IMDb
- The Female at AllMovie